Akemi Okamura(岡村 明美,Okamura Akemi, born on March 12, 1969) is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Tokyo who works for Mausu Promotion.She is best known for her role as Nami of One Piece and Risa Koizumi of Lovely Comeplex.

She has had at least one song appear on the NHK program Minna no Uta. Okamura made her debut as Fio Piccolo in the 1992 film Porco Rosso.

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Tokyo
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Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan and one of its 47 prefectures. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous area in the world. It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government, Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Formerly known as Edo, it has been the de facto seat of government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters. It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868, Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture and the city of Tokyo. The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo, the metropolitan government also administers 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains. The population of the wards is over 9 million people. The prefecture is part of the worlds most populous metropolitan area with upwards of 37.8 million people, the city hosts 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world. Tokyo ranked third in the International Financial Centres Development IndexEdit, the city is also home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System. Tokyo ranked first in the Global Economic Power Index and fourth in the Global Cities Index. The city is considered a world city – as listed by the GaWCs 2008 inventory – and in 2014. In 2015, Tokyo was named the Most Liveable City in the world by the magazine Monocle, the Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world. Tokyo ranked first in the world in the Safe Cities Index, the 2016 edition of QS Best Student Cities ranked Tokyo as the 3rd-best city in the world to be a university student. Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1979 G-7 summit, the 1986 G-7 summit, and the 1993 G-7 summit, and will host the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo was originally known as Edo, which means estuary. During the early Meiji period, the city was also called Tōkei, some surviving official English documents use the spelling Tokei. However, this pronunciation is now obsolete, the name Tokyo was first suggested in 1813 in the book Kondō Hisaku, written by Satō Nobuhiro. When Ōkubo Toshimichi proposed the renaming to the government during the Meiji Restoration, according to Oda Kanshi, Tokyo was originally a small fishing village named Edo, in what was formerly part of the old Musashi Province. Edo was first fortified by the Edo clan, in the twelfth century

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Voice acting in Japan
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Voice acting in Japan is acting as a narrator, or as an actor in radio plays, or as a character actor in anime and video games. It also involves performing voice-overs for non-Japanese movies and television programs, because Japans large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world, voice acting in Japan has a far greater prominence than voice acting in most other countries. Some voice actors—especially certain voice actresses—often have devoted international fan-clubs, some fans may watch a show merely to hear a particular voice actor. Some Japanese voice actors have capitalized on their fame to become singers, there are around 130 voice-acting schools in Japan. Broadcast companies and talent agencies often have their own troupes of vocal actors, magazines focusing specifically on voice acting are published in Japan, with Voice Animage being the longest running. Conversely, the Japanese term seiyū is commonly used among English-speaking anime and game fans for Japanese voice actors, initially, dubbing and doing voice-overs was a performance of an actor who used only his voice. When doing this job, they were called voice actors, for convenience, the term was shortened to a new compound consisting of the first and last kanji to make seiyū. It was only after the voice acting booms, however, that this word became widespread, for this reason, elderly voice actors resent being called seiyū, because, during their time, the term had a different connotation. The renowned Chikao Ohtsuka, who dubbed Charles Bronson among others, was quoted in an issue of Animage saying We are actors. Even if a performance only requires the use of our voice, we still remain actors, there are three main factors that set voice actors and actors apart. Their professional upbringing by the Tokyo Broadcasting Drama Troupe, formed by NHK, due to the lack of Japan-made movies and dramas, TV networks were forced to air foreign shows, and that raised demand for voice actors. The boom in the world market, which produced a wave of young talents who wanted to become voice actors rather than actors. Voice acting has existed in Japan since the advent of radio and it was only in the 1970s that the term seiyū entered popular usage because of the anime Space Battleship Yamato. In 1925, the Tokyo Broadcasting Company started radio broadcasts, in that same year, twelve students who were specializing in voice-only performances became the first voice actors in Japan when a performance of a radio drama was broadcast. They referred to themselves as seiyū, but in those days the term radio actor was used by newspapers to refer to the profession. In 1941, NHK opened a program to the public to prepare actors to specialize in radio dramas. This was called the Tokyo Central Broadcasting Channel Actor Training Agency. Then in 1942, the Tokyo Broadcasting Drama Troupe debuted its first performance and this was the second time that the term seiyū was used to refer to voice actors. There are several theories as to how the term seiyū was coined, one theory is that Oyhashi Tokusaburo, a reporter for the Yomiuri Newspaper, coined the term

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One Piece
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One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueishas Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 19,1997, One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates, additionally, Toei has developed thirteen animated feature films, one OVA, and eleven television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a card game. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America, the anime series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment for an English-language release in North America in 2004, before the license was dropped and subsequently acquired by Funimation in 2007. One Piece has received praise for its art, characterization and humor, several volumes of the manga have broken publishing records, including the highest initial print run of any book in Japan. The official website for Eiichiro Odas One Piece manga announced that the manga has set a Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the comic book series by a single author. As of March 2017, the manga had 408.8 million copies in circulation worldwide, the series focuses on Monkey D. In an effort to organize his own crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy rescues and befriends a swordsman named Roronoa Zoro, and they head off in search of the One Piece. They are joined in their journey by Nami, a navigator and thief, Usopp, a sniper and a liar, and Vinsmoke Sanji and they acquire a ship named the Going Merry and engage in confrontations with notorious pirates of the East Blue. The world of One Piece is populated by humans and many other such as fishmen, dwarves, Minkmen. It is covered by two vast oceans, which are divided by a mountain range called the Red Line. The Grand Line, a sea that runs perpendicular to the Red Line, further divides them into four seas, North Blue, East Blue, West Blue, because of this, the calm belts are very effective barriers for those trying to enter the Grand Line. All other ships are forced to take a dangerous route, going through a mountain at the first intersection of the Grand Line and the Red Line. Sea water from each of the four seas runs up that mountain and merges at the top to flow down a fifth canal, the second half of the Grand Line, beyond the second intersection with the Red Line, is known as the New World. The currents and weather of the Grand Lines open sea are extremely unpredictable, the magnetic fields within the Grand Line cause normal compasses to malfunction, making it even more difficult to navigate, and instead a special compass called a Log Pose must be used. The Log Pose works by locking on to one islands magnetic field, the time for it to set depends on the island. This process can be bypassed by obtaining an Eternal Pose, a Log Pose variation that is set to a specific island

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Nami (One Piece)
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Nami is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. She is based on Ann and Silk, two characters from Odas previous manga Romance Dawn and she is introduced as a thief and pickpocket who possesses cartographical, meteorological and navigational skills. At first, she is a subordinate of the fishman Arlong and she is the first main character to appear in the anime series. In the series, Nami is the Straw Hat Pirates navigator, despite her initial distrust of pirates, Nami eventually changes her mind after being around Luffy and the rest of the crew. Nami is depicted as an intelligent girl, who has an obsession of obtaining money, Nami first appears in the manga chapter Nami, first published in Japans Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on September 22,1997. She first appears as a thief stealing treasure, befriending Luffy in the process along with Zoro, however, she eventually returns to Cocoyashi Village, her hometown, to meet up with Arlong, a racist fishman, when Sanji joins his crew. Luffy and the others learn of her past from her sister Nojiko, Nami and Nojiko are adopted on a war zone by the Marine officer Bellemere and taken to the village, raising them as her own. However, when Arlong arrives at the village, he kills Bellemere, Nami harbors a deep resentment against Arlong for this. Realizing that Arlong is working for the Marines to cover his tracks, Luffy and the others successfully defeat Arlong, freeing the village as a result. Nami rejoins the crew as they sail off to the Grand Line to pursue her dream of writing sea charts, during the crews journey, she meets Nefertari Vivi and becomes a close friend. However, after Nami falls ill, she is healed at Drum Island, there, she meets Chopper, while visiting Alabasta, she confronts Miss Doublefinger and defeats her before Nico Robin joins the crew. When the Straw Hats rescues Robin at Enies Lobby, Nami gets a bounty on her head with the rest of the crew. When the Straw Hats travels to Thriller Bark, Nami is kidnapped by the zombie Absalom, who tries to force her to marry him, at Sabaody Archipelago, Nami forgives Hatchan, a former member of Arlongs crew, while eating his takoyaki. After being separated from the crew by Bartholomew Kuma, Nami ends up on Weatheria, two years later, Nami reunites with Luffy and the others and they head to Fishman Island, but get separated again. Nami regroups with the Straw Hats and meet up with Jimbei in the Sea Forest, after learning that Jimbei sent Arlong into the East Blue, Nami reveals that - apart from her resentment towards Arlong - she has no resentment towards fishmen. She uses her Mirage Tempo technique to help the Straw Hats, after sending Luffy, Zoro and Sanji to retrieve stolen treasure from Caribou, she is outraged to learn that the three has taken the treasure to Big Mom, the islands protector. When the crew travels to Punk Hazard, Nami is captured and says that she will save the captive children, when Nami escapes with Sanji, Franky, and Chopper with the children, Trafalgar Law uses his devil fruit powers to swap the bodies of the four crew members. Nami is in Frankys body with Sanji in her own and she later prevents Caesars escape with Usopps help

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Lovely Complex
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Love Com, also known as Lovely Complex, is a romantic comedy shōjo manga by Aya Nakahara. It was published by Shueisha in Bessatsu Margaret from 2001 to 2006, the series is about the romance between a tall girl and a short boy who are treated as a comedy duo by their classmates. In 2004, it received the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo, the story has been adapted as a live-action movie released in 2006, a 24-episode anime television series broadcast in 2007, and an adventure game released for PlayStation 2 released in 2006. Two drama CDs have also been produced, the manga and the live-action movie are licensed in North America by Viz. A sequel series called Love Com D began serialization in the May 2009 issue of the bimonthly manga magazine Deluxe Margaret. Love Com is a story between a boy and a girl in Sakai, Osaka. The girl, Risa Koizumi, is 172 centimetres tall—much taller than the average Japanese girl, the boy, Atsushi Ōtani, is 156 cm —way below the height of the average Japanese boy. Because of this, the pair are called the All Hanshin Kyojin after a popular comedy duo that has a height difference. The difference in their heights is extremely exaggerated During summer school, there is a girl that Atsushi likes as well, so Risa and Atsushi decide to put aside their differences and help each other get their love interests. Their efforts fail spectacularly as Suzuki and the girl whom Ōtani had a crush on - Chiharu Tanaka - end up becoming a couple, All is not lost though, since Risa and Ōtani become close friends. As they get to each other better, Risas feelings for Atsushi begin to blossom. One notable fact about Love Com is that instead of speaking standard Japanese, many native Osakan voice actors are employed in the anime. While having one or two characters speaking Kansai-ben is common in anime shows, having all characters doing so is unusual in media produced for a nationwide audience. Risa Koizumi Drama role by, Ema Fujisawa, Voiced by, Akemi Okamura The protagonist, standing 172 centimetres tall, Risa stands taller than the average height of Japanese boys let alone Japanese girls. In the anime she states that she has always been the tallest person in her class, ironically, her surname means small fountain. She and other characters compare her to a giraffe, Risa can be impulsive and strong-willed at times, and is rarely willing to display her softer side. She had a crush on Suzuki before he started dating Chiharu, Risa starts developing feelings for Ōtani and soon admits to herself that she likes him. She then starts trying to confess, failing the first time, Nobuko and Nakao try to help with Nobuko often giving Risa advice on what to do

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NHK
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NHK is Japans national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has identified itself to audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two television services, two satellite television services, and three radio networks. NHK also provides a broadcasting service, known as NHK World. NHK World is composed of NHK World TV, NHK World Premium, World Radio Japan also makes some of its programs available on the Internet. NHK is an independent corporation chartered by the Japanese Broadcasting Act, NHK World broadcasting is funded by the Japanese government. The annual budget of NHK is subject to review and approval by the Diet of Japan, the Diet also appoints the 12-member Board of Governors that oversees NHK. NHK is managed on a basis by an Executive Board consisting of a President, Vice President. The Executive Board reports to the Board of Governors, NHK is funded by reception fees, a system analogous to the license fee used in some English-speaking countries. The Broadcast Law which governs NHK’s funding stipulates any television equipped to receive NHK is required to pay, the fee is standardized, with discounts for office workers and students who commute, as well a general discount for residents of Okinawa prefecture. This incident sparked debate over the fairness of the fee system, in 2006, the NHK opted to take legal action against those most flagrantly in violation of the law. NHK General TV broadcasts a variety of programming, the following are noteworthy, NHK offers local, national, and world news reports. NHK News 7 which airs daily is broadcast bilingually in both Japanese and English audio tracks on NHK General TV and NHKs international channels TV Japan and NHK World Premium. The flagship news program News Watch 9 is also bilingual and also air on NHK General TV and NHKs international channels TV Japan, World news are aired on NHK BS1 with Catch. Sekai no Jiten in the morning and International News Report at night with the airing on NHK World Premium. News on NHK BS1 are aired at 50 minutes past the hour except during sport events. NHK also offers news for the deaf, regional news and children’s news, newsline is an English newscast designed for foreign viewers and airs on NHK World. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 NHK was criticised for underplaying the dangers from radioactive contamination, under the Broadcast Act, NHK is under the obligation to broadcast early warning emergency reporting in times of natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis

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Minna no Uta
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Minna no Uta, literally Everyones Songs, is a five-minute NHK TV and radio program which is broadcast several times daily. The program started on April 3,1961 and it is one of NHKs long-running programs. The program is used as filler between programs. While many of the episodes are aimed at children, a large percentage are not, the program is used to introduce new songs from popular and new singers, as well as to highlight the talents of various animators and directors. A list of upcoming and currently airing episodes is listed monthly in magazines such as Animage, listed alphabetically by title, with the artist or group in parentheses. These animators have had their works appear on Minna no Uta, NHK Minna no Uta site Nemuritari, Unofficial NHK Minna no Uta site Minna no Uta at the Internet Movie Database

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Porco Rosso
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Porco Rosso is a 1992 Japanese animated comedy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is based on Hikōtei Jidai, a three-part watercolor manga by Miyazaki, the film stars the voices of Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura and Akio Ōtsuka. Toshio Suzuki produced the film for Studio Ghibli, the plot revolves around an Italian World War I ex-fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing air pirates in the Adriatic Sea. However, a curse has transformed him into an anthropomorphic pig. Once called Marco Pagot, he is now known to the world as Porco Rosso, Porco Rosso, a veteran World War I fighter ace and freelance bounty hunter, responds to an alert over an attack on a ferry liner by airborne pirates. Having successfully defeated the pirates, Porco treats himself to a good dinner at the Hotel Adriano. At the restaurant of the hotel the heads of the gangs are contracting Curtis. Curtis falls in love on the spot with Gina, but is frustrated to see his declarations rebuffed, Porco actually survives, all but the airframe of his plane has been destroyed and the fuselage is heavily damaged. Porco arrives discreetly in Milan to meet Piccolo, his mechanic and he learns that Piccolos sons have emigrated to find work elsewhere due to the great depression, and much of the engineering will have to be carried on by his young granddaughter Fio. Porco is initially skeptical of Fios abilities as a mechanic, with no males to assist in the works, Piccolo calls up an all-female team of all ages to repair the plane. Stopping off to refuel on the way, Porco discovers that the new Fascist government is beginning to hire seaplane pirates for their own use, thus putting him out of business. Back at the Hotel Adriano, Curtis proposes to Gina but she turns him down, saying that she is waiting for Porco Rosso to realize that she loves him and approach her. Upon returning home, Porco and Fio are ambushed by the pirates, Fio successfully talks them out of it, but Curtis appears and challenges Porco to a final duel. Fio makes a deal with him declaring that if Porco wins, Curtis must pay off his debts owed the Piccolos company and he recalls blacking out and awakening to find himself in complete stillness, with a white band hovering in the distant sky. Allied and enemy aircraft, flown by the airmen who died in the dogfight, fly past towards the band and he sees his friend Berlini and calls him back but is ignored. Porco soon sees that the band is in thousands of planes flying together. He blacks out again and recovers skimming above the sea, when he awakes he discovers that he has been turned into a pig, and believes this to be a divine punishment for fleeing from the fight. The next day, the duel is arranged and a crowd gathers on an island to observe

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Calimero
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Calimero is an Italian/Japanese animated cartoon about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized chicken, the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head, Calimero originally appeared on the Italian television show Carosello on July 14,1962, and soon became a popular icon in Italy. The characters were created by the animation studio Organizzazione Pagot and originated as a series of animated advertisements for Miralanza AVA soap products shown throughout Italy, the creators of the main character were Nino Pagot, Toni Pagot and Ignazio Colnaghi. At the end of episode, it turns out that Calimero is not actually black, but only very dirty. The characters were licensed in Japan as an anime series. The first was made by Toei Animation and ran from October 15,1972 to September 30,1975, altogether,99 Japanese episodes were made. The series mostly consists of the adventures of Calimero and his friends as they solve mysteries. However, their adventures usually get them into quite a bit of trouble, the first series was also broadcast on European networks such as TROS, ZDF and RTL II or TVE. A third animation series about the character, in Computer animation, has premiered in TF1 in 2013, the production team includes France’s Gaumont Animation, rights owner Calidra, Italy’s Studio Campedelli and Japanese partners TV Tokyo and Kodansha. The series is expected to be aired in several other TV channels, Calimero – The hero of the show. Calimero is voiced by Katsue Miwa, Priscilla – Calimeros girlfriend, a shy bird with common sense. Priscilla is voiced by Michiko Nomura, Giuliano – Giuliano is voiced by Noriko Ohara. Peter Jobatta – Peter is voiced by Kaneta Kimotsuki, Buta – Buta is voiced by Masako Nozawa. Deppa – Deppa is voiced by Sachiko Chijimatsu, Calimeros mother – Calimeros mother is voiced by Masako Nozawa. Calimeros father – Calimeros father is voiced by Kenichi Ogata, Mr. Owl – Mr. Owl is voiced by Jōji Yanami. Calimero – Calimero is voiced by Shinobu Adachi, Priscilla – Priscilla is voiced by Akemi Okamura. Peter – Peter is voiced by Akirasa Ōmori, Giuliano – Giuliano is voiced by Yūji Ueda. Susie – a wealthy girl duck, susie is voiced by Natsumi Sasaki

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Hime-chan's Ribbon
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Hime-chans Ribbon is a magical girl manga series created by Megumi Mizusawa that was serialized in Ribon Magazine from August 1990 to January 1994. It was later developed into a 61 episode anime series, produced by Studio Gallop, hajime Watanabes first project as a character designer was with Hime-chan no Ribbon. The manga series was collected into ten volumes in Japan, where it received a full anime DVD release, a stage musical of the show was produced in December 1993 starring the idol group SMAP. The musical was presented in three episodes, each a week apart, SMAP performed the opening theme and the three ending themes for the anime and each member appears in animated form in episode 13. Both manga and anime are currently unlicensed in the United States, the story is about Himeko Nonohara, also known as Hime-chan, an aloof, childlike, yet boasty fourteen-year-old girl who frets over the fact that she is the biggest tomboy in the school. Himeko would like nothing more than to be a proper, feminine young lady, like her older sister Aiko, so that she could approach her secret crush, Hasekura. One night, Himeko is unexpectedly approached by a girl, who is a image of herself. She discovers that the girl is Princess Erika of the Magical Kingdom, Himeko is allowed the use of this item, a red hair ribbon, for one year to determine whether it is useful, and consequently, if Erika will inherit the crown. The ribbon allows Himeko to transform into anyone in the Human World for one hour, if Himeko is unable to recite the magic incantation in reverse before the hour is up, she will be trapped in that person’s form for the rest of her life. She is unable to reveal the secret of the ribbon and the existence of the Magical Kingdom to anyone, if she does, her memory will be erased as punishment. Assisting her with this is her stuffed lion, Pokota, whom the ribbon brought to life, Erika will watch her in the Magic Kingdom through her crystal ball for one year, at which point the ribbon will be returned. In authoring Hime-chans Ribbon, Megumi Mizusawa used themes common to magical girl manga, the concept of being able to transform into other people had been a feature of Himitsu no Akko-chan. Himeko Nonohara Voiced by, Ikue Ohtani Himeko is the protagonist of the series and she progresses from being a tomboy at the beginning of the series to becoming a refined, feminine and mature girl by the series end. Himeko had a crush on the much older Hasekura-senpai. The name Himeko means little princess, Pokota Voiced by, Kazue Ikura Pokota is Himekos favorite stuffed animal that is only animate when Himeko is wearing the magic ribbon. He is Himekos friend and voice of reason, often helping her out of difficult situations. Daichi was suspicious of Pokota from the first time that he saw him, Pokota, being a toy has no direct equal in the magic world, but he becomes close friends with a pink cat, Pink-chan. Daichi Kobayashi Voiced by, Yū Daiki Daichi is a trouble maker at Himekos school, by chance they meet at an abandoned house that Himeko was passing by on her way to give Hasekura-senpai a good luck charm

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Mahoujin Guru Guru
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Magical Circle Guru Guru is a manga by Hiroyuki Etō, which was serialized in Enixs Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1992 to 2003. It was later adapted into a series on October 13,1994. Mahōjin Guru Guru is a series aimed at older children, it contains occasional toilet gags. It also is a parody of early role-playing video games, particularly turn-based games such as the Dragon Quest games, the narrator speaks in place of the dialog in such games, and this is one of the comedy elements of the show. Often role-playing videogame-style information boxes are displayed on screen with accompanying narration in the traditional RPG style, the overall goal of the main characters, Nike and Kukuri, is to defeat Giri, the ruler of the darkness. Since the anime is based on an RPG, several side quests need to be completed before they are able to locate him, a new series based on the manga to be animated by Production I. G has been greenlit. Voiced by Fujiko Takimoto, Omi Minami, Shizuka Ishigami Nike is the Hero of the show, Nikes father Bado had always wished to be a Hero but, due to the lack of any great evil to fight against, he had to give his dream up. Still, he made his son undergo hard training as a child in hopes one day a great evil would arise. Because of this Nike is a competent, although cowardly, fighter, like Kukuri he is initially immature, initially Nike wants to be a Wizard as he finds the thought of casting a fireball cool, though his parents convince him to choose the Hero. He initially thinks that he is of the Hero class, as do others and it is later revealed that he is a Thief. Despite this he can use all the abilities of the Hero class, including Gallant Pose and he received a critical hit in the form of a punch the first time he held the infant Nike. After that he trained Nike to be a Hero, right before the departs for Kodai castle he offers him his old helmet. The helmet is cracked, but Nike suggests he will wear it by tilting it to the side, Bado kicks Nike into the air and keeps the helmet saying that he looks like a gang leader. She knocks out Nike with a poison dart when he tries to flee and she cooks him a meal that resembles an adventuring map. Nike has to eat things in the order, which he does not. Voiced by Konami Yoshida, Konomi Kohara Kukuri is a gentle-hearted magic apprentice and she has grown under the care of Jimuna Towns old witch, who received her when she was a baby from a wandering stranger, supposedly the last member of the Migu Migu Tribe. Being the last remaining member of the Migu Migu, Kukuri learns the dark summoning magic only the Migu Migu can use known as Guru Guru and she is eager and shows great affection towards Nike, almost always calling him Mr. Hero. She is extremely lucky or good in sports and games such as rock-paper-scissors

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Ninku
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Ninku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Kiriyama. The original manga spanned nine volumes and was serialized in Shueishas Weekly Shōnen Jump manga magazine between 1993 and 1995. A second manga titled Ninku 2nd Stage, Stories of Etonins ran from 2005 to 2011 in the seinen magazine Ultra Jump. Shortly after its release, Ninku was adapted into a series, produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe, spanning 55 episodes. Geneon Entertainment has released the series in two DVD boxsets in Japan, the first set containing the initial 28 episodes was released on February 25,2005 and the second set containing the remaining 27 episodes was released on March 21,2005. The anime series spawned a film, entitled Ninku, Tomb of Knives and released at Jump Super Anime Tour in October 1994. Media Blasterss AnimeWorks brand released Ninku, The Movie together with Yu Yu Hakusho, a DVD version was released in early 2001 as a result of a poll conducted by Media Blasters. A number of games based on the series have been released for platforms such as the Game Boy, Game Gear, Sega Saturn. Ultimate Stars, a game for the Nintendo DS released in November 2006, has three participants from Ninku, including Fuusuke as a selectable fighter. The story in Ninku is about an odd-looking 12-year-old boy named Fuusuke who is a warrior from the Ninku school of martial arts. It is explained that before the present time in the story that those who could use Ninku were targeted by an evil empire, the names of the corps were taken from the twelve Chinese zodiac animals and each captain of the corps was called the zodiac animal Ninku master. Their powers are derived from nature and a dragon to their own element. The Ninku were disbanded by their master before the end of the war and as such, after which the Ninku became vilified by the Empire as the perpetrators of the war and made attempts to eliminate any surviving members. However, a new group of Ninku users has arisen and are trying to take over the world, Fuusuke and his penguin must defeat the new Ninku empire with the help of his old comrades. Fuusuke, also called Fuusuke the Wind, the character in the story, is a former captain of the 1st Ninku corps. With the ability to wind, Fuusuke searches for other former Ninku after a war with an evil empire. He is voiced by Rica Matsumoto in the Japanese anime and by Michelle Moran in the English dub of the movie, techniques Kuatsuken, Fuusukes signature move which creates a sphere of air pressure in the users palm and is used in close combat. It is capable of blasting through most kinds of metal and armour, the technique can also be adapted to propel the user to great distances or to create a shield to forcibly repel all attacks

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Akachan to Boku
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Baby & Me is a shōjo manga by Marimo Ragawa. It was originally published in Japan by Hakusensha, and was published in English by Viz Media and it received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1995. The series was adapted as a television series in 1996. All episodes were dubbed in Arabic. Baby & Me describes the lifestyle of an elementary school child. Takuya Enoki loses his mother, Yukako, when she dies in a car accident, Takuya now lives with his father, Harumi, and his baby brother, Minoru. Takuyas baby brother is only two old and requires much care. Although Takuya is only a fifth grader, he cooks, cleans, sews, scolds, between his housework and looking after his baby brother, Takuya begins to feel a helpless gap between his friends who have fun every day after school. The Kimura family blame him for Minorus constant crying and his stress gradually builds up and bursts at a point. Because of a mistake Minoru made, Takuya reacts violently and he cannot help feeling upset over Minoru, who is stressing him and taking up all his time. One day, when Takuya picks Minoru up from preschool, he starts to walk faster imagining what it would be like to leave his brother behind him. But soon, Takuya realizes what he has done and runs back and he finds Minoru with his eyes full of tears and a brutal dog is blocking Minorus way. Takuya dashes in full speed and saves his little brother, after coming home and seeing Minoru sobbing, Takuya realizes that Minoru cries because he is just lonely and becomes ashamed of himself. From then on, Takuya learns to love his brother as family and his long life story of being a mother. Takuya Enoki Voiced by, Kappei Yamaguchi The elder brother, has taken up the burden of mothering his younger brother, Minoru. Due to his gentle, calm demeanor, good look and good grade, most likely to be mad when someone hurts or scares Minoru. He is kind, caring, hard working, responsible and sensitive though oblivious of the feelings towards him. He is also good at short distance run, however, hes really bad at long running and handicraft

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Kodomo no Omocha
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Kodomo no Omocha, also known as Kodocha for short, is a manga series by Miho Obana. The series was adapted as an OVA by J. C, staff and released on December 16,1995 by Shueisha under their Ribon Video label. An anime television series was created by Studio Gallop and NAS, in 2002, the manga was published in North America in English by Tokyopop as Kodocha, Sanas Stage. In 2006, Tokyopop lost the license to the manga, leaving it out of print, in 2005, the first half of the anime series was licensed for North American distribution by Funimation Entertainment and has been released on DVD. Both the manga and anime have been received by publications for different media for the character interactions. The manga won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo, at the American Anime Awards held in 2007, it was nominated for best comedy anime. Sana Kurata Voiced by, Chisa Yokoyama, Shizue Oda, Laura Bailey Sana is an 11-year-old child star at the beginning of the series and she is an exuberant and cheerful girl. She began sixth grade and is having a time at school, because a boy named Akito Hayama is causing chaos in her classroom. However, she learns that there is more to Akito than it seems. Her biological mother abandoned her after her birth and was found by Misako who then adopted her, Sana learned this when she is five years old but doesnt say anything until her mother publishes a book about it. After this, she meets her mother and half-sister for the first time. While she is energetic and always has a smile on her face, she has a temper and she never backs down from a fight, especially against Akito, who is considered to be her rival, friend, and later on, her lover. Initially, she thought that her manager, Rei, was her boyfriend, Sana began her acting career at the Komawari Theater Troupe when she was five years old, and now stars in a popular variety program called Childs Toy, and several commercials. During the course of the series, her career flourishes, and she stars in TV dramas, from the beginning of the series, she developed a strong friendship with Akito and gradually falls in love with him but doesnt realize it after he starts dating Fuka. They eventually start dating when they are in middle school, in a 2009 one-shot called Deep Clear, Sana asks for help from a detective. In Deep Clear, Sana is separated from Akito because Akito told her to him if she chooses to have the baby. They reconcile when their daughter is born, although they are married, Sana and Akito still argue. Akito Hayama Voiced by, Megumi Ogata, Tatsuya Nakazaki, Jerry Jewell Akito is the troublemaker who is causing chaos in Sanas 6th grade class, a sullen boy of few words, he is physically strong, and has a powerful karate chop

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You're Under Arrest (manga)
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Youre Under Arrest is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima and was serialized in Kodanshas Afternoon magazine from 1986 through 1992. It centers on a police station in Sumida, Tokyo as its officers tackle everyday criminals while keeping people safe. It mixes both drama and action with some comedy and humor, the chapters of Youre Under Arrest have been collected in seven tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The manga has been adapted into three seasons, three OVA series and a film, all animated by Studio Deen. The series also spawned a live-action drama special starring Misaki Ito, since its release, Youre Under Arrest has received positive reviews from critics. The series is episodic, and much of it focuses on the interaction between the main characters and the humorous supporting cast. The majority of the series place in the Greater Tokyo Area. However, the site where the Bokuto Police Station is supposed to be does not exist in the Sumida Ward, in reality, the Bokuto Hospital takes its place. The series also reflects the human side of Bokuto Stations various police officers in their field of work, the English version of the manga was published by Dark Horse Comics, which only contained selected episodes from volumes 6 and 7. The final frame of the last Japanese volume refers to a Youre Under Arrest 2, an animated television series subsequently aired in Japan on TBS between 1996 and 1997, spanning a total of 49 episodes. It was also broadcast on Rai in Italy, NTV7 in Malaysia, Hero TV in the Philippines and TTV,20 7-minute Mini specials and one full length episode was created and broadcast on TBS in 1999. A26 episode sequel to the series aired on TBS in 2001. A third animated series, Youre Under Arrest, Full Throttle. Animated by Studio Deen and produced by Bandai Visual, the featured character designs by Atsuko Nakajima and music by Kow Otani. The first two series were aired with English subtitles on AXN Asias networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia. AnimEigo licensed the initial OVA series, the first television series, ADV Films subsequently released the 1999 mini TV episodes that comprised the rest of Youre Under Arrest. Mini-Specials as well as the movie, the 2001 TV series, the 2002 OVA TV special and Full Throttle are licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and distributed by the new company Section23 Films. Like the US, each of the series were licensed by different companies in France

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Clamp School
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CLAMP Campus Detectives is a manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Pierrot. Tokyopop have released the manga in English across North America in three volumes, now its currently available on Kindle through Viz Media. Bandai Entertainment released the anime as one of their initial titles and it is now licensed by Maiden Japan. The Clamp School Detectives is a series of episodic cases, background is also given of Akira and Suohs relationship, although this is not essential to the series. Nokoru Imonoyama A 6th grade student and the Elementary School Board Chairman, the youngest son of the Imonoyama zaibatsu, the founders of Clamp School, he has inherited the family fondness of doing absurd things just for the sake of doing them. Nokoru has one of the top IQs in a full of geniuses. He also has the ability to detect a lady in distress from two kilometers away. He is also infamous for being a flirt, for this reason, he established the Clamp School Detective Agency, although this was also an incentive to get out of his Chairman duties. He is also the one out of the three young detectives that doesnt play a sport. Nokoru also appears in Clamps Duklyon, Clamp School Defenders, Man of Many Faces, Tsubasa, Reservoir Chronicle, Nokoru Imonoyama is voiced by Akemi Okamura in Japanese and Juliet Cesario in English. Suoh Takamura A 5th grader and the Elementary School Board Secretary, Suoh is a martial arts expert, with a 3rd dan blackbelt in Karate, Judo, Aikido, and Kendo, hes also good in kyūdō. He is also the descendant of a Japanese ninja clan, and has sworn to protect Nokoru through anything, Suoh first met Nokoru three years prior to the story but at first he was avoiding Imonoyama. Takamura is also responsible for making sure the chairman does all of his paperwork on time, Suoh is in love with Nagisa. Suoh also appears in Clamp School Paranormal Investigators, Man of Many Faces, Tsubasa, Reservoir Chronicle, Suoh Takamura is voiced by Shiho Niiyama in Japanese and Ashley Knight in English. Akira Ijyuin A 4th grader and the Elementary School Board Treasurer, Akira is a first-class chef, a trait he inherited from his father. He lives with his two mothers and has inherited his fathers legacy as the notorious thief 20 Masks. Akira is in love with Utako, Akira also appears in Clamps Man of Many Faces, Duklyon, Clamp School Defenders, Tsubasa, Reservoir Chronicle and X/1999. Akira Ijyuin is voiced by Omi Minami in Japanese and Shannon Hemeon in English, Nagisa Azuya A kindergarten student and friend of the President of the Kindergarten Student Division Council, she plays the flute very beautifully

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Battle Athletes Victory
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Although the alien race is far superior to the humans, the human champion prevailed, marking an era of peace for humanity. A University Satellite is created where the greatest athletes of the age train with women competing for the title of Cosmic Beauty, Akari Kanzaki, daughter of a former Cosmic Beauty, arrives at the University Satellite excited and ready to compete. After watching defending Cosmic Beauty Lahrri run faster than she ever has despite the artificial gravity being turned up, Akari realizes just how far she needs to go. Helping her are her fellow members and roommates Kris Christopher, a soon-to-be priestess from the moon, and Anna Respighi. Kris is marked as an athlete and competes on a level near Lahrri drawing the wrath of another top competitor Mylandah onto the team as they prepare for the final competition. The television series is not a sequel to the OVA, but a retelling of the story. The basic premise of the series intact, as Akari still strives for the title of Cosmic Beauty. The characters and stories of this series tend to be more outrageous in tone than the first series, the story begins with Akari Kanzaki at a school on Antarctica in the year 4999. There are a series of tests that she and her classmates must go through to determine wholl be the representatives to go to University Satellite, a satellite training facility. Living under the shadow of her mother, the legendary Cosmic Beauty Tomoe Midou, Akari, emotionally fragile in this version, Akari Kanzaki Voiced by, Rio Natsuki, Bambi Darro, Lia Sargent Born in Hokkaido, Japan on March 23,4983. She is the daughter of Tomoe Midou, a former Cosmo Beauty, shes determined to follow in the footsteps of her mother in order to be Cosmo Beauty. However, she is usually ditzy, clumsy, and sometimes a crybaby, in the TV series, whenever she is embarrassed she hides in a cardboard box called Akari House. It is revealed later, however, that she is not truly inept, in the OVAs, as she becomes stronger and more confident, she cuts her hair short. Ichino Yanigida Voiced by, Aya Hisakawa, Wendee Lee She was born on December 31,4982, in Osaka and she is the best friend of Akari. Like her, she wants to become Cosmo Beauty. She cares for Akari very much, and always tried to help her when Akari was struggling, in the end, Akari went on to enter the University with blessings from Ichino. After her full recovery, she later helps Akari in defeating the Nerillians, initially her feelings for Akari are ambiguous until near the end of the series where she confesses her feelings towards her. She likes playing Shougi and is a big fan of the Osaka Tigers and her personality is more upbeat, positive than Akari

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The Adventures of Mini-Goddess
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My Goddess. in some releases, is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. The chapters have been adapted into an original animation produced by Anime International Company. Additionally, AIC has developed two OVAs and a film, and OLM, Inc. has also developed a series as well. Companies have developed thousands of types of merchandise, such as games. The manga series has been licensed for an English-language release by Dark Horse Comics, the OVA was licensed by AnimEigo, while the film was licensed by Geneon Entertainment, and the various TV series was licensed at various points by Media Blasters, ADV Films and Funimation. Keiichi Morisato is a sophomore who accidentally calls the Goddess Help Line. She tells him that her agency has received a system request from him and has sent to grant him a single wish. Believing that a joke is being played on him, he wishes that she will stay with him forever. Unable to live with Belldandy in his male-only dorms, they are forced to look for alternative housing and they are allowed to stay there indefinitely after the young monk living there leaves on a pilgrimage to India upon being impressed by Belldandys intrinsic goodness. Keiichis life with Belldandy becomes even more hectic when her elder sister Urd, a series of adventures ensue as his relationship with Belldandy develops. Universe is fashioned loosely around Celtic/Norse Mythology, various names and concepts are recycled for humor, three worlds exist in the Universe of Oh My Goddess, Heaven, Hell, and Earth. Heaven is the realm of the All Mighty and goddesses, Hell is the realm of Hild and demons, reality is controlled by an enormous and complex computer system, named Yggdrasil. Each goddess is assigned Class, Category, and Restrictions, Class indicates power and skill in performing pure magic. First Class goddesses are held to a standard regarding the prohibition to lie. There are also three categories, Administration, Commercial, and Special Duty, Limited and Unlimited restrictions indicates boundaries on permitted actions. Goddesses may be penalized for dereliction of duty and may have their license suspended for a time, a goddess using her powers during suspension will have her license permanently revoked. Belldandy is a Goddess First Class, Second Category, Unlimited License, Urd and Skuld are Goddesses Second Class, First Category, Limited License. Goddesses also wear power limiters, usually in the form of jewelry, the goddesses purpose is to bring happiness to everyone around them

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WeiB Kreuz
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Weiß Kreuz is a series about four assassins that work in a flower shop called Kitty in the House, a reference to their feline codenames. The assassins are members of a group called Weiß, which is run by Persia of the mysterious Kritiker organization, the Weiß Kreuz franchise includes two seasons of anime and one OVA series, a light novel, two manga series, and several drama CDs. The four voice actors of the main characters - Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yūki, Shin-ichiro Miki, Tomokazu Seki - formed a band named Weiß, several CDs, Media Blasters released the anime in the North America as Knight Hunters, Weiß Kreuz. An assassin group that is under the order of Kritiker, a organization that falls under the Japanese police force. Ran Fujimiya Codename, Abyssinian Voiced by, Takehito Koyasu, Paul Juhn Dan Green He is known as Aya and his parents were killed and his sister run over by Reiji Takatori, and thus he joins Weiß seeking revenge. Ayas weapon is a katana named Shion after the previous owner, before Aya became Weiß, he was a member of Sendai Kritiker, Tsushima Kritiker and Tokyo Crashers. Ayas car is a white Porsche 928, Omi Tsukiyono Codename, Bombay, Persia Voiced by, Hiro Yuuki, Jamie McGonnigal Due to his computer skills, Omi is in charge of gathering information and planning Weißs missions. He uses a crossbow, bow and poisoned darts as his weapons, Omi was kidnapped when he was eleven, and as his father refused to pay ransom, he was saved by Persia who trained him for a killer. Later, in the Dramatic Precious drama CDs, he finds out that he is really Shuichi Takatoris biological son and he assumes the position Persia in Glühen. Before he became one of Weiß, Ken was a member of Kagoshima Kritiker, Youji Kudou Codename, Balinese Voiced by, Shinichiro Miki, Marc Diraison Youji is a ladies man and a former private detective. It is that he ran a Private Investigator Agency with his first love, a young woman with sunglasses. Asuka, however, was shot and killed while investigating the members-only Liott club, previously a member of Kobe Kritiker. Persia Voiced by, Jūrōta Kosugi, Christopher Yates The head officer of the force by day and head of Kritiker. His real name is Shuuichi Takatori and he is Reiji Takatoris brother, Persias codename for Kritiker is Marigold, and King for Crashers. Manx Voiced by, Mami Horikoshi, Sue Gilad Persias red-headed secretary and she has feelings for Shuichi Takatori, but does not act on them due to their professional relationship and his remaining love for his brothers late wife. Manx is a cold and calculating woman who doesnt let the feelings of Weiß members influence her decisions. She uses the codename Erika when dealing with the non-lethal Kritiker teams and her real name is Hanae Kitada. Birman Voiced by, Kikuko Inoue In the early CD drama Birman is shown serving as a liaison between Weiß and Persia, along with Manx, in the anime she is introduced after Shuichi Takatoris death, as a private secretary of the new Persia, Yoshirou Karasuma

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Vampire Princess Miyu
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Vampire Princess Miyu is a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA licensed by AnimEigo in 1988, before turning 15 years old, she yearns to return to the darkness herself but not until she has banished all the Shinma from Earth. And since her awakening, she cut off by the facts of who. Most locations in the series are evocative of traditional Japan, in Japanese, Miyu means beauty of the evening, beautiful evening or evening beauty. She can teleport, levitate, open dimensional portals, and use fire attacks, when in her vampire appearance, Miyu is always barefoot even in the snow as she doesnt get cold. In the OVA, she is the child of a human father, in the TV series, on the other hand, her mother is human and her father is a Shinma guardian in pre-World War II Empire of Japan. In both cases, Miyu becomes the Guardian after losing her parents, even though she is a vampire, Miyu is not harmed by sunlight, holy water or crucifixes, and her reflection can be seen. This is because she is technically a Daywalker having one human parent and she needs to drink blood to survive and she chooses her victims carefully since she apparently cannot take blood from others unless they actually give it to her willingly. These people live in a dream state. Miyu is protective of Larva and has great concern for him, in the TV series, when posing as a human, she goes by the name Miyu Yamano. In the OVA, she is seen to wear different clothes in every episode she appears in, for example in the first OVA, she wears her typical short kimono and light purple obi that is familiarized by all fans where her right foot has a ribbon-like wrapping around it. In the second OVA, she wears a Japanese school uniform during her stay at school and wears a bright red yukata when speaking to Himiko, in the third OVA, she wears a winter kimono which seems to cover her body more than the other two garments. Finally in the fourth OVA, she wears a heavy black kimono. However in the TV series, she wears two types of clothing, the typical Japanese school uniform and the kimono known by all fans. Larva Larva Voiced by, Kaneto Shiozawa, Zach Hanner Larva Voiced by, Shin-ichiro Miki, in the OVA, Larva comes to prevent Miyus vampire blood from awakening and kill her, but he inadvertently triggers it and she drinks his blood when he drops his guard. As a result of failure, Larvas face and voice are sealed behind a mask for all eternity. In the TV series, Larva faces Miyu after she has become the Guardian, after he has struck her down, she drinks his blood. In both cases, Larva starts out as an ally, but later pledges to be by Miyus side because he can sense her sorrow

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Prince Mackaroo
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Ojarumaru is a Japanese Yonkoma manga series created by Rin Inumaru, serialized in Shogakukans Shojo magazine Ciao from 1993 until its cancellation in 2006. A manga adaptation of the anime was published by Shueisha and serialized in Saikyo Jump in 2012 and it was adapted as an ongoing anime series produced by NHK Enterprises, animated by Gallop, and broadcast on NHK E-Tele beginning in October 1998. The story focuses on the adventures of a 5-year-old Heian-era prince named Ojarumaru Sakanoue who accidentally time-warps to modern Japan and lives with Kazuma Tamura and his parents. The prince tries to understand modern Japans culture, while making new friends. It has been released in countries under the name Prince Mackaroo. The series has been dubbed in many languages and it received an Excellence Award for animation at the 1999 Japan Media Arts Festival. Around 1,000 years ago in Fairy World in the Heian era and he is later lured into Enma World by the sound of a ukulele played by Great King Enma. Upon arriving, he steals Great King Enmas powerful scepter, which he uses in order to judge the dead, while getting chased by Great King Enma, he accidentally falls into the Moon Hole, which time-warps him to modern Japan through the Full Moon Road. The furious Great King Enma sends his three adopted oni children, Aobee, Kisuke, and Akane, who are known as the Oni Child Trio, to pursue Ojarumaru and get the scepter back. At the present time, Ojarumaru befriends a boy named Kazuma Tamura and lives with his family, written by Rin Inumaru, the Ojarumaru manga began serialization in Shogakukans Ciao magazine as a Yonkoma and ran from 1993 up to its cancellation in 2006. The cancellation of the manga was done by its publisher after Rin Inumaru committed suicide by jumping off the 14th floor of her apartment on September 10,2006, a suicide note left to her mother indicated she was feeling stress due to her job. For unknown reasons, none of the chapters were collected into tankōbon volumes in Japan, an adaptation of the anime series, written and illustrated by Tatsuma Ejiri, was serialized in Shueishas Saikyo Jump magazine from January 2012 to September 2014. The first tankōbon volume was published in Japan on July 4,2014, an anime adaptation produced by NHK Enterprises and animated by Studio Gallop premiered on NHK E-Tele on October 5,1998 in Japan. The series is directed by Akitaro Daichi, while Harukichi Yamamoto composes the music and it is the second longest-running anime on NHK next to Nintama Rantaro, and the sixth longest-running anime series to date. A total of four Ojarumaru specials have aired on NHK E-Tele in Japan, the first special entitled Ojarumaru, A Happy Blue Back aired on January 1,2000. The second special aired on May 3,2007 entitled Ojarumaru, the third special aired on March 20,2012 entitled Ojarumaru Special, My Galaxy is Calling ~The Two Wishing Stars~. The fourth special aired on August 14,2015 entitled Ojarumaru Special, an anime film based on the Ojarumaru anime series entitled Ojarumaru the Movie, The Promised Summer - Ojaru and Semira was released by Toei on July 15,2000 in Japan. Da. Da. Performer, The Collectors Wakaran Performer, Zainichi Funk In the United States, Enoki Films has also licensed all the TV specials

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Master Keaton
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Master Keaton is a Japanese manga series created by Hokusei Katsushika, Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki. It was serialized in Big Comic Original between 1988 and 1994, with the 144 chapters collected into 18 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan, an anime adaptation was created by Madhouse, with 24 episodes airing between 1998 and 1999 in Japan on Nippon Television. An additional 15 episodes were created and released as original video animations, Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki created a sequel to the series, titled Master Keaton Remaster. Set 20 years after the series ended, it ran in Big Comic Original from 2012 to 2014 and was collected into a single volume. The anime and OVA series were dubbed into English and released in North America by Pioneer Entertainment, Viz Media began releasing the manga in North America in 2014. The story revolves around Taichi Hiraga-Keaton, the son of Japanese zoologist Taihei Hiraga, keatons parents separated when he was five, and young Taichi moved back to England with his mother. As an adult, he studied archeology at Oxford University, in part under the tutelage of Professor Yuri Scott, at Oxford, Keaton met and later married his wife, who was a mathematics student at Somerville College. The couple later divorced, with Keaton leaving his five-year-old daughter Yuriko in her mothers care and his combat training serves him in good stead as an insurance investigator for the prestigious Lloyds of London where he is known for his abilities and his unorthodox methods of investigation. In addition to his work for Lloyds, Keaton and his friend Daniel OConnell operate their own insurance agency headquartered in London. The 144 chapters were collected into 18 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan between November 1988 and August 1994, a kanzenban edition of the series, including color pages, was published in 12 volumes between August 30,2011 and June 29,2012. During its initial run and tankōbon release, Hokusei Katsushika was credited as its writer. Later reissues co-credit Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki as the writers, Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki created a sequel to the series, titled Master Keaton Remaster. Beginning in the March 2012 issue of Big Comic Original it finished in 2014 and was collected into a volume on November 28,2014. A deluxe edition including the color pages from the magazine run was released the same day. In 2014, Viz Media licensed Master Keaton for release in North America and they began publishing the kanzenban edition with color pages on December 16,2014. An anime adaptation of Master Keaton was created by Madhouse, with 24 episodes airing between October 5,1998 and March 29,1999 in Japan on Nippon Television, an additional 15 episodes were created and released as original video animations, bringing the total to 39 episodes. The opening theme Railtown is by Kuniaki Haishima, new ending themes were used for the animes rebroadcast, Tsuki to Kimitoboku no Kankei by Kneuklid Romance for the first thirteen episodes and Ever by Blüe for the remaining. The anime and OVAs were licensed in North America by Pioneer Entertainment and they released eight DVDs between June 10,2003 and August 10,2004

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Now and Then, Here and There
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Now and Then, Here and There is a thirteen episode anime series directed by Akitaro Daichi and written by Hideyuki Kurata. The story was conceived by director Daichi. It premiered in Japan on the WOWOW television station on October 14,1999 and it was licensed for Region 1 DVD English language release by Central Park Media under their US Manga Corps label. Following the 2009 bankruptcy and liquidation of Central Park Media, ADV Films rescued the series for a boxset re-release on July 7,2009, however, the ADV re-release is now out-of-print. Now and Then, Here and There follows a boy named Shuzo Shu Matsutani who. The world is desolate and militarized, and water is a scarce commodity, Lala-Ru possesses a pendant containing a vast reservoir of water, and has the ability to control that water. Shu is trapped in this new, harsh reality, and he is beaten and interrogated repeatedly inside the warship commanded by the ruthless, manic dictator, while locked in a cell he meets an abducted girl who introduces herself as Sara Ringwalt of America. Saras reason for her capture was being mistaken for Lala-Ru by Hamdos minions, Sara goes through extremely horrific experiences and eventually becomes emotionally scarred. Much of the deals with serious moral issues relating to war, the consequences of war, slavery. Shuzo Shu Matsutani is a student of kendo and carries a shinai, though he fights primarily with a wooden stick, after being thrust into a new world and brutally interrogated, he is forced to join the child army of Hellywood. Shus character is strong-willed, uncompromising, obstinate, and believes that good can come from all situations and his devotion to protect Lala-Ru is one of the main aspects of the story. His experiences and interactions with Lala-Ru, Hamdo, and Nabuca open his eyes to the new world, despite overwhelming odds, he retains his principles of not killing and of believing that good will still come while one is alive. After saving the world by convincing Lala-Ru that people are good, in the anime television series, Shu is voiced by Akemi Okamura in Japanese and Ted Lewis in English. Lala-Ru possesses the power to water using a pendant containing a now nearly-depleted water reservoir. She is quiet and non-violent and appears to be a child, due to her long and disillusioned experience with humans, she feels little to no emotions with them. After using her power to flood Hellywood and parts of the world with water she soon vanished from existence right next to Shu after seeing the sunset for the last time, in the anime television series, Lala-Ru is voiced by Kaori Nazuka in Japanese and Lisa Ortiz in English. Hamdo, the leader of Hellywood, is a shrewd but childish. He feels a sense of entitlement to water, a resource in his plans to rule the Earth, that leads to an obsession with the mysterious Lala-Ru

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Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo
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They are written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō. The Kindaichi series, which started serialization in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1992, is one of the earliest works in the mystery manga genre, in 1995, the manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen. The serialization of the new Kindaichi series started in 2004, the manga resumed regular serialization in 2012 to commemorate the 20th anniversary. The regular weekly serialization continued in 2013 with the changed to The Kindaichi Case Files R. Kindaichi tankōbon were ranked 2nd. A new anime series adaptation, titled The Kindaichi Case Files R, began airing on April 5,2014. The voice actors of the characters from the first anime television series reprise their roles. A second season airing on October 3,2015. The collected stories are published in English by Tokyopop with the title The Kindaichi Case Files, only the first 17 volumes have been licensed by Tokyopop, the rest are unlikely to see print in the United States unless their relatively poor sales improve. The series was released on television in Southeast Asia as The File of Young Kindaichi, Kindaichi mysteries are whodunnit stories featuring gruesome murders, often with a supernatural tinge. A notable distinction of The Kindaichi Case Files is that the killers are not depicted as psychopathic murderers, the identified killers all have deep rooted problems, often involving great emotional trauma through the greed or thoughtlessness of others, as their reasons for committing the murder. Thus the killers are often portrayed as sympathetic figures, as opposed to cold, in addition to this, after being revealed the criminal usually attempts to commit suicide. However, only a few people see his great intelligence and deductive prowess by his -180 IQ, possibly inherited from his grandfather and he is also an accomplished sleight of hand artist. Despite his clumsiness and myriad other flaws, he is a loyal friend, deep down inside, Miyuki feels Hajime is not an idiot, and they seem to have a love that neither has yet fully expressed. She possesses remarkable logic and perception, although she is not as gifted as he is. Miyuki is the president of Fudo Highs student council and he is often the investigating officer on Kindaichis cases, and provides the official stamp of approval Kindaichi often needs to pursue his investigations. He believes fully in Kindaichis ability, kengo Akechi Voiced by, Toshiyuki Morikawa Played by, Mansaku Ikeuchi An extremely intelligent, elite-level police detective, who is Kenmochis supervisor. He is an arrogant and snobbish character that becomes a rival to Kindaichi in crime-solving, however, Akechi not only helped Kindaichi solve the case, but also aided him out of trouble. His relationship to Kindaichi is abrasive at the least, but they have a mutual respect for each others abilities

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Steel Angel Kurumi
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Steel Angel Kurumi is a Japanese manga and anime series following the adventures of its titular character created by Kaishaku. In 2008 Crunchyroll announced it had partnered with Pony Canyon to release all Steel Angel Kurumi series for streaming, a live-action version was made, titled Steel Angel Kurumi Pure, but has a different continuity to the anime. This show was aired in Japan as part of WOWOWs Anime Complex. The first anime series is set in an alternate version of Japan during the Taishō period. While the second takes place in the 21st century. The story follows a boy named Nakahito Kagura. He is pushed by a group of classmates to go into a house rumored to belong to a mad scientist, inside, he comes across what seems to be a lifelike doll. At the same time, the Japanese Army carries out an attack on the house, during the attack the doll falls over and Nakahito accidentally kisses it, causing it to awaken. The doll turns out to be the Steel Angel Kurumi, who is being hunted by the military for mysterious reasons, hesitant and unsure of himself, he teaches Kurumi as much as he can while slowly falling in love with the hyperactive girl. A mystic of the Onmyou tradition, he has no observable powers, much to his chagrin, his older brother Kamihito boasts great control of spiritual abilities. Although he has latent potential, as evidenced by his awakening of Kurumi, clearly caught between manhood and boyhood, Nakahito seems unsure of how to handle the relentless attention of Kurumi and his other numerous one-sided love interests. Kurumi Voiced by, Atsuko Enomoto, Kelli Cousins A Steel Angel built by Dr, the main female lead and an incredibly wild individual, she is overwhelmingly manic when it comes to Nakahito, whom she calls Master. She is very protective of her master and her sisters, she will stop at nothing to ensure their safety and she is impossibly strong and rather handily defeats all her opponents due to her Mark II Heart. Although she does her best to follow orders and help out the Kagura brothers, her clumsy and she is the oldest of the Angel sisters and assumes a fairly typical older sister attitude when speaking with them. Kurumi has pink hair and wears a maids outfit with red trim. Amagi and the General decide to use the largest of the seized Angel Hearts to give Saki as much power as possible, Saki and Kurumi fight, with the latter being defeated easily due to Nakahitos still-standing order to not fight. The victory is short-lived however, as Sakis improper activation causes her to collapse, Kurumi kisses Saki, and her Mark II Heart re-energizes Sakis Angel Heart. The action permanently activates Saki, and the master-servant relationship is reinstated, with Saki pledging her loyalty, Kurumi largely ignores this vow, but the two mutually call each other sister from then on

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GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
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Great Teacher Onizuka, officially abbreviated as GTO, is a Japanese shōnen manga written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from May 1997 to April 2002, the story focuses on 22-year-old ex-bōsōzoku member Eikichi Onizuka, who becomes a teacher at a private middle school, Holy Forest Academy, in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the popularity of the manga, several adaptations of GTO were established, both the anime and manga have been licensed in North America by Tokyopop. A second live action series aired in Japan during 2012, Eikichi Onizuka is a 22-year-old ex-gang member and a virgin. While peeping up girls skirts at a shopping mall, Onizuka meets a girl who agrees to go out on a date with him. Onizukas attempt to sleep with her fails when her current boyfriend, her teacher, shows up at the hotel they are in. The teacher is old and unattractive, but has sufficient influence over her that she leaps from a second-story window, Onizuka, upon seeing this display of a teachers power over girls, decides to become a teacher himself. However, he earns his degree, just barely, at a second-rate college. In his quest, he discovers two important things, he has a conscience and a sense of morality and this means taking advantage of impressionable schoolgirls is out of the question, but their unusually attractive mothers are a different matter. He enjoys teaching and, most of the time, he teaches life lessons rather than the routine schoolwork and he hates the systems of traditional education, especially when they have grown ignorant and condescending to students and their needs. With these realizations, he out to become the greatest teacher ever, using his own brand of philosophy. He embarks on a mission of self-discovery by breaking through to each student one-by-one and he uses methods that would be unorthodox, against the law, and also life-threatening, yet somehow, he manages to succeed to educate and open up his students. When writing GTO, Fujisawa was influenced by the style of Kouhei Tsuka. The series was intended to run for 10 volumes, however it was extended at the request of the publisher. Fujisawa began to run out of characters as a result, when faced with writing block he would write stories without Onizuka. Onizukas first name, Eikichi, was taken from musician Eikichi Yazawa, when developing Onizukas character for the series, Fujisawa sought to incorporate real character traits from Japanese gangs often referred to as Yankees. Onizukas look is modelled on such gang members and was not intended to convey an American look, Onizuka acts tough and confident but is actually shy and lacking in confidence to follow through on some of his desires. He is a character that stands by his own reasoning

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Zoids
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Zoids is a science fiction media franchise created by Tomy that feature giant robots called Zoids. A Zoid is essentially a mechanical animal, with designs being based on animals such as Tigers, Lions. The franchise started with a toy line and includes four main anime TV series as well as several video games. There have been a number of different Zoids model lines over the years, between these lines, over 200 different designs have been released, some several times over. Several companies outside of Takara-Tomy have produced Zoids kits and this has led to Zoids being made as die-cast figures, highly detailed posing kits, smaller action figures and even PVC figurines. Released in 1982, Mechabonica was technically not a Zoids line, the line was not very successful and was quickly dropped by TOMY. Starzeta was the Spanish version of the Mechabonica line, the same 3 models were released but bizarrely they were given new color schemes, grey parts became silver and the dark blue caps became bright blue. The models were not given names but are listed as Starzeta I, SZ IV, SZ V and SZ VI were supposedly planned as a continuation of the series but their release status is currently unknown. The models are rare and demand is boosted even further by their unique color schemes. TOMY sold the Mechabonica line in the United States and Europe in late 1982, the line was far more successful than Mechabonica, which led TOMY to reintroduce the line in Japan under the new name. Later, a pair of original Zoids, the Power Zoids Tank and Serpent, were created exclusively for the European, other Zoids like the Bigasaur were also released. Radio Shack released the Mammoth Zoid in the US at the same time, while not a part of the release, it is generally counted with them. The Original American Release is commonly abbreviated as OAR by fans, in 1983, following the success of the OAR, TOMY reintroduced the Zoids line in Japan. The relaunched Japanese line, now entitled Zoids, was a success, the Zoids line had its own Battle Story that was told serially on the backs of the model boxes and in catalogues. Initially, the Zoids were divided into two factions, the Helic Republic and the Zenebas Empire. In 1989, the Zenebas Empire was replaced with the Guylos Empire, the Original Japanese Release is commonly abbreviated as OJR. Zoids were also released in Europe, from 1984 to 1987 by TOMY, the models in this release were a mixture of ones directly ported over from the OJR, as well as recoloured Zoids, including the rare Ghost Zoids line. Additionally, the Tank and Serpent Power Zoids from the OAR were released, most of the Zoids in the line were renamed

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Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran
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Carried by the Wind, Tsukikage Ran is an animated action comedy written and directed by Akitaro Daichi, and produced by Madhouse Studios. The television series follows Ran and Meow, two wanderers who face all sorts of antagonists in Tokugawa Japan, the series started airing on WOWOW. Afterwards, it aired as Ran, The Samurai Girl on Animax Latin America and Animax Asia, the series is licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment. Tsukikage Ran comprises thirteen self-contained stories, the series follows characters Ran and Meow into a new town, where they encounter some kind of wrongdoing. Every episode climaxes with a sword fight featuring the protagonist, sometimes aided by Meows martial arts prowess, Ran Tsukikage Voiced by, Reiko Yasuhara, Mona Marshall Ran is a sake-loving ronin who goes wherever the wind takes her. Rans skill with the katana makes her unbeatable, but like so many ronin and it is a wonder how Meow always seems to have enough money, and where she gets it, while Ran often lacks it. Meow is quite generous to Ran and supports her daily necessities throughout the series, unlike most Samurai, she fights with the katana one handed. Even though Ran has an attitude, she is very sharp, perceptive, wise. She is kind, and has a sense of justice. Ran cares about Meow and other people who are in need, Ran tends to say utterly inexcusable whenever shes annoyed. Meow Voiced by, Akemi Okamura, Michelle Ruff Meow is a Chinese martial artist skilled in the Iron Cat Fist style, Meow has a heart of gold, but shes extremely bold and not that bright--which means shes often butting into other peoples business. Despite her recklessness, Ran respects her for her intentions and kind heart, if not her wallet. Meow respects Ran and looks up to her and is obedient to Ran, although she realizes she often has been taken advantage of by Ran. Although not quite as skilled as Ran, Meow can handle herself in a fight, on contrast with Ran, who is usually of a calm and has cool composure, Meow is very cheerful and energetic, but very slow and flighty. Tonto Sharakusai Voiced by, Yūichi Nagashima, David Orosco Tonto appears in episode 5 and he is an ukiyo-e artist looking for a beautiful woman to model for a portrait. Sharakusai and Meow are taken prisoners by the artists patrons until Ran rescues them, Mei Voiced by, Lynn Fischer Mei appears in episode 9. Her parents deaths led Mei to become an opium dealer, in the middle of a fight with Meow, she is fatally stabbed by an opium-addicted swordsman. Just before her last breath she regrets for taking the wrong way in her life, Stephanie Voiced by, Julie Ann Taylor Stephanie appears in episode 10

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Sakura Wars
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Sakura Wars is a Japanese media franchise created by Ouji Hiroi, and is developed and licensed by Red Entertainment and Sega. The series began in 1996 as an video game, the game was a success. The video game series has branched into other genres and platforms. The original storyline, said to be inspired by the Shochiku Revue and Takarazuka Revue and it follows the adventures of an all-female secret task force known as the Imperial Assault Force—Flower Division as they defend the Imperial Capital Tokyo against evil. The setting eventually moved on to other such as Paris. The various OVA tie-ins, the animated TV series, and the picture were licensed in North America by ADV Films, Funimation. The manga version, previously serialized in Kodanshas Magazine Z and now in Magazine Great, is released in English by Tokyopop before it ceased a majority of its operations. Sakura Wars is set in a fictional Taishō period, in particular, the Imperial Capital Tokyo, also known as the Teito, stood at the forefront of that periods technological revolution. This was thanks in part to a company called Kanzaki Heavy Industries, on Taishō7, an event known as The Kouma War took place, where a huge demon appeared at Nihonbashi in Tokyo. It was eventually sealed away by the Imperial Armys Counter-Demon Team, the center of the top secret corps was hidden underneath a theater in the heart of Ginza called the Grand Imperial Theater. Here, the women of the Imperial Assault Force—Flower Division lived and worked undercover as actors performing theatrical plays under the alias Imperial Opera Troupe, when the Imperial Assault Force went into service and had proven to be an effective means of defending Tokyo, other countries soon followed. It began with the creation of the Paris Assault Force, with its base of operations located at a famous Parisian night club known as the Theatre Chattes Noires, the New York Fighting Troupe was established at the Little Lip Theater on Broadway shortly afterwards. Formed on New Years Day in 1922, the Imperial Assault Force is the successor to the Imperial Armys Counter-Demon Team, one of the members of that original team, Lt. General Ikki Yoneda, commanded the group until his retirement. The Teigeki has had two commanders in its history, the first of which was Ayame Fujieda, after her death. By 1927, the Imperial Assault Force is composed of six official groups, the anti-demon attack squad, known as the Flower Division, is the division that the series focuses much of its attention on early in the story. The division is led by Lt. Junior Grade Ichiro Ogami, other members include Sakura Shinguji, Sumire Kanzaki, Iris Chateaubriand, Ri Kohran, Kanna Kirishima, Orihime Soletta, and Reni Milchstraße. The Wind Division members who are most recognized are Tsubaki Takamura, Kasumi Fujii, Little is known about the Moon Division aside from its captain, Yuichi Kayama. Kotone Seiryuin, Yokihiko Ota, and Kikunojo Oka make up the entirety of the Rose Division, established before the Imperial Assault Force officially went into service, an experimental troupe known as the Star Division was set up in Europe and was the predecessor to Tokyos Flower Division

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Daa! Daa! Daa!
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UFO Baby is a shōjo comedy manga by Mika Kawamura, serialized by Kodansha in Nakayoshi from February 1998 to March 2002 and collected in nine bound volumes. The series was one of the anime series during its initial broadcast. UFO Baby is about two high school students, Miyu and Kanata, who find an abandoned alien baby without anyone discovering they are living together. The anime concluded before the manga did, resulting in different endings for each series, Kawamura later wrote a sequel to the manga, Shin Daa. Miyu Kouzuki is an 8th-grade student whose parents leave for the United States to work for NASA and arrange for her to stay with their family friend. However, the leaves soon after for India on a year-long voyage, leaving Miyu to stay in the same house with his son. Suddenly a UFO lands – transporting an alien baby, Ruu and they arrive after being separated from their home planet, Otto, when it falls into an interplanetary worm hole. They cannot return to their planet because it is too difficult to reach, Wannyā asks Kanata and Miyu to allow them to stay in their house. Miyu and Kanata learn from Wannyā that people from Planet Otto look identical to human beings, and that Wannyā can also transform into human beings, animals and objects. Miyu and Kanata feel deep love for Baby Ruu, who cares for them – thinking of them as his parents due to their similar looks – and they go to great lengths to help and protect him. As the story progresses the group are involved in comedic and funny situations. The story ends with a team from outer space coming to Earth and returning Ruu. Miyu goes to boarding school alone, however, years later Miyu and Kanata reunite, marry and have a daughter named Miu, they also reunite with Wannya and Ruu. Daa. set many years later, Ruu meets a confused earthling girl called Miu that has arrived through a wormhole, Miu desperately wants to go home and he agrees. Unbeknownst to him, Miu is the daughter of exactly the people who took excellent care of him during his stay on Earth, Miyu Kōzuki. They meet Ran, Ruus best friend, a robot named Ann and Mininyā, Kanata will soon realise that he is in love with Miyu but finds it hard to confess same as Miyu. Miyu Kozuki, The main female character, a blonde, pretty girl, hosho leaves soon after to spend a year in India, leaving Miyu and Hoshos son Kanata alone together. At first Miyu denies her feelings for him, but soon she begins to realize that she indeed likes him, in the manga, it is revealed that Miyu and Kanata have kissed twice

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Hajime no Ippo
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Hajime no Ippo is a Japanese boxing manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since 1989 and it follows the story of high school student Makunouchi Ippo, as he begins his career in boxing and over time obtains many titles and defeats various opponents. A 76-episode anime adaptation titled Hajime no Ippo, The Fighting, was produced by Madhouse, Nippon Television and VAP, directed by Satoshi Nishimura and ran on the Nippon Television Network from October 2000 to March 2002. A TV film and an OVA were also produced, on September 15,2008 it was announced in Weekly Shōnen Magazine that a second season of Hajime no Ippo would begin airing on January 6,2009. The second season is called Hajime no Ippo, New Challenger, at the end of 2003, the first season of anime was licensed in North America by Geneon, which released it under the name Fighting Spirit. Ippo Makunouchi was a shy high school student who never had the time to make friends because he was always busy helping his mother run their family fishing charter business. Because he kept to himself, a group of bullies led by Umezawa got into the habit of picking on him, one day, these bullies gave him a rather serious beating. A middleweight professional boxer who was passing by stopped the bullies and took the injured Ippo to the Kamogawa Gym, owned by retired boxer Genji Kamogawa, to treat his wounds. After Ippo awoke to the sounds of boxers training, the boxer who saved him, Mamoru Takamura and it was then that they had their first glimpse into Ippos talent for boxing. After that incident, Ippo gave the situation a lot of thought, when he conveys this message to Mamoru Takamura, he gets verbally reprimanded, Takamura thought Ippo was taking professional boxing too lightly. However, Takamura felt that he couldnt outright refuse Ippo, especially since his feat of punching the sandbag much harder than anybody else in the gym. Therefore, he challenges Ippo to catch 10 falling leaves from a tree simultaneously after a week of training, fully convinced that Ippo would fail, however, after a week of tough training, involving nightly hours, Ippo manages the technique in the nick of time. He waits for the jogging Takamura to come by his usual path and surprises him by catching all 10 of the falling leaves and this impresses Takamura greatly, and he informs Ippo that the action required to catch all 10 leaves is called a boxing jab. Takamura invites Ippo back to the gym for introductions. However, Kamogawa decides to give Ippo a severe challenge and tells him to spar with Miyata, who is 16, Miyata is known as a boxing prodigy and is one of Kamogawa gyms future hopes. Takamura gets extremely worried with this prospect, as Miyata skill is way above the pro boxer. As expected, Ippo loses by KO, but not until Miyata struggles dodging his punches and finally ends the match with his trump card, The Counter. Coach Kamogawa decides that he has great fighting sense and spirit, both are expected to hit high in the rankings and, eventually, fight each other for the world champions belt

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Ojamajo Doremi
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Ojamajo Doremi, also known as Magical DoReMi in some countries, is a Japanese magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation. It focuses on a group of school girls, led by Doremi Harukaze. An English language version of the first season, produced by 4Kids Entertainment, the franchise has also spawned two companion films, various manga adaptations, and a sequel light novel series. Due to a curse placed on any witch whose identity is discovered by a human, wanting to return to her original form, Majo Rika makes Doremi her witch apprentice, giving her the ability to cast magic. In order to become a fully fledged witch capable of turning Majo Rika into normal, Doremi has to pass nine different witch tests and they soon come across a rival witch apprentice, Onpu Segawa, /Elie Craft who has been using forbidden magic to influence peoples memories. Whilst initially cold towards the girls, Onpu soon warms up to them. In order to save Onpu from a sleep, the girls give up their magic powers to awaken her. At the start of the grade, Doremi and the others, who sneak into the Witch World to visit Majo Rika, witness the birth of a magical baby. As witch law dictates that whoever witnesses a magical babys birth must take care of it for a year, Doremi and the others and once again made witch apprentices tasked with raising Hana. Meanwhile, a wizard named Oyajide attempts to kidnap Hana to help aid the Wizard World, as the Queen of the Witch World pleads to the other witch senates to make Doremi and the others witches again, half of the senates are opposed to the decision. Thus, the Queen offers a compromise in that the girls, the OVA series, Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho. takes place during this time frame. Hana, who has gotten bored of the Witch World and wants to be with Doremi, meanwhile, the Queen discovers Majo Tourbillons power will eventually cause all worlds to be put to sleep. Ojamajo Doremi is produced by Toei Animation and ABC, in Japan, the show aired on each of the ANN TV stations and Broadcasting System of San-in Inc. The show replaced the slot for Yume no Crayon Oukoku after its end and lasted from February 7,1999 to January 30,2000. The series soon followed with direct sequels, Ojamajo Doremi #, Ojamajo Doremi, and Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān. until January 26,2003. Each series lasted from 49 to 51 episodes and it was then followed by a thirteen-episode original video animation series, Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho, released between June 26 and December 11,2004. 4Kids Entertainment licensed the first season in North America under the title Magical DoReMi, unlike the international dubs and like many broadcast anime in the USA, Magical DoReMi was heavily edited and localized for US audiences and a lower TV-Y rating. From 2000 to early 2003, the manga magazine Nakayoshi ran a manga-adaptation of Ojamajo Doremi, the story was based on the events of the original anime and was drawn by Shizue Takanashi

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Fruits Basket
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Fruits Basket, sometimes abbreviated Furuba, or Fruba, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese magazine Hana to Yume, published by Hakusensha, the series was also adapted into a 26-episode anime series, directed by Akitaro Daichi. In the anime it is possible to transform through torso contact, the word Fruits in the title is always plural, the spelling originates from the transcription of the English word fruit into Japanese, where because there is no tu sound, tsu is used instead. The title comes from the name of a game played in Japanese elementary schools. When high school student Tohru Hondas mother dies in a car crash and that is, until she finds a home in the least likely of places, inhabited by her popular classmate Yuki Sohma and his cousin Shigure. The first day Tohru moves into the Sohma house, an orange haired teenager crashes through the roof of her new bedroom and this newcomer is Kyo, Yuki and Shigures aggressively angry cousin. Once Kyo loses quickly to Yuki, he tries to him again. When he’s about to attack, Tohru tries to stop him, when this happens, Tohru discovers something big about the Sohmas. The Sohmas live with a curse, when Tohru discovers the Sohmas secret, she promises not to tell and is allowed to keep living with them. Although the Sohmas curse is deeper and darker than Tohru realized, her presence and her acceptance of them becomes a large. She sets out to break the curse and, on the way, meets, each has a different personality, just like the animals in the Chinese zodiac. One by one, Tohrus existence changes the Sohma clans lives forever, the anime is based on the critically acclaimed manga. As the manga was ongoing during the production, the animated series makes some changes to the story. Several events are combined, some events, such as Tohrus first meeting with Momiji and all references to Tohrus baseball cap, the anime makes no mention that Yuki and Kyo have met Tohrus mother or that Kyo blames himself for her death. While the anime faithfully adapts most of the characters from the manga series, in the manga, Momiji is half-German and half-Japanese and regularly speaks German, particularly when he first meets Tohru. In the anime no German is spoken, Shigures darker side is toned down in the anime, many remarks he makes in the manga that hint at a hidden agenda are left out, along with most of his early scenes with Akito. In the anime, Akito is biologically male and will die at a young age because of the curse, while in the manga, Akito is biologically female and this served as a shocking plot twist in the manga, since almost everybody thought that Akito was male. Additionally, Isuzu Rin Sohma, the Horse, and Kureno Sohma, finally, the curse is not lifted in the anime because it only covers the first half of the manga, at the most, and the happy ending does not occur until the series is finished

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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi is a Japanese anime television series created by Gainax. The supernatural comedy drama is directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga, the series premiered April 4,2002 on Kids Station. It was licensed in North America by ADV Films, a manga adaptation, authored by Satoru Akahori, was published in English by Tokyopop, the Tokyopop version of the manga is out of print as of August 31,2009. During the Heian Era, Abe no Seimei was a childhood friend of a noble named Masayuki. While he was away from the palace, Masayuki often asked Seimei to stay by his wifes side, guarding her, however, during the time they spent together, Mune and Seimei fell in love and became increasingly romantically involved. Unbeknownst to them, Masayuki soon learned of the affair, and became overcome with grief, one day while Seimei was on a trip to Kyoto, Masayuki snapped, murdered Mune and committed suicide. Guided by a premonition, Seimei rushed back to his hometown only to find that he was too late, in doing so, Seimei soon found himself as Mr. Abe in mid-20th-century Osaka, where Mune Imamiya and Masayuki Asahina were pre-existing residents of this alternate world. Now, Masayuki was an ambitious, but largely unsuccessful young man who had enlisted Mr. Abes permission to build the Abenobashi Shopping Arcade and he was also madly in love with Mune, a local girl whom he tried to woo at every possible occasion. It was not long, however, before Mune fell in love with Abe, constantly pursuing him, Abe tried for a time to resist her advances, but eventually he was no longer able to contain his feelings, and made love with Mune in his apartment. Unbeknownst to them, an instantly-jealous Masayuki accidentally discovered the truth, the next night he became staggeringly drunk and invited Abe to meet him at the Abeno Shrine, planning to murder him with a hidden butcher knife when he arrived. At first unsuspecting, Abe arrived on the scene, but once he saw the decrepitly drunk Masa he knew what was afoot. He promptly bid Masayuki farewell, then disappeared, going back to his job in the Heian Era, leaving a pregnant Mune behind him, childhood friends Arumi and Sasshi are residents of the Abenobashi commercial district in Abeno-ku, Osaka. After an accident, they find themselves transported to an alternate sword and their attempt to get back to reality finds them traversing a series of nonsensical worlds built on science fiction, war, fantasy, dating sim games and American movies. Each alternate Abenobashi is a manifestation of Sasshis otaku interests, populated by analogs of the protagonists relatives and acquaintances. Their quest to return home is at core a bildungsroman because the Abenobashi dimensions are mostly hobby worlds of increasing sophistication, Sasshi does not want to go home, and in fact is the sole force propelling them between worlds. While chasing a cat in the first episode, Arumis grandfather fell off a roof and was hospitalized, satoshi Sasshi Imamiya A precocious, hyperactive, 12-year-old typical Osakan boy. He has a passion for collecting, Role-playing games, sci-fi, dinosaurs, guns. Sasshis family used to run the bathhouse, the Turtle Bath

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Tokyo Mew Mew
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Tokyo Mew Mew is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from September 2000 to February 2003 and it focuses on five girls infused with the DNA of endangered animals which gives them special powers and allows them to transform into Mew Mews. Led by Ichigo Momomiya, the girls protect the earth from aliens who wish to reclaim it, the series was adapted into a 52 episode anime series by Studio Pierrot. It debuted in Japan on April 6,2002, on both TV Aichi and TV Tokyo, the episode aired on March 29,2003. A two-volume sequel to the manga, Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode, was serialized in Nakayoshi from April 2003 to February 2004. The sequel introduces a new Mew Mew, Berry Shirayuki, who becomes the leader of the Mew Mews. Two video games were created for the series, a puzzle adventure game for the Game Boy Advance system. 4Kids Entertainment licensed the series for North American broadcast under the name Mew Mew Power. Heavily edited and dubbed,23 episodes of Mew Mew Power aired on the 4Kids TV channel in the United States and 26 episodes aired on YTV in Canada, 4Kids Entertainment was unable to license the remaining 26 episodes of the series, thus were unable to complete its broadcast. They have never released the series to home video, well received by English-language readers, several volumes of the manga series appeared in the Top 50 sales lists for graphic novels in their respective months of release. Critics praised the manga as a cute and entertaining series with free-flowing style, à la mode received praise as a good continuation of the series, but was also criticized for offering nothing new. The anime adaptation received high ratings while airing in Japan, resulting in numerous marketing tie-ins, despite criticism for extensive editing that removed most of the Japanese elements, the Mew Mew Power dub became the highest rated 4Kids show during its broadcast. It was licensed for release in several other countries instead of the original Japanese series. In Tokyo, Japan, a girl named Ichigo Momomiya attends an endangered species exhibit with her crush. After an earthquake, Ichigo and four girls are bathed in a strange light. A cat appears before Ichigo, then merges with her, the next day, she begins acting like a cat and making cat puns. After meeting Ryô Shirogane and Keiichirô Akasaka, Ichigo learns that she was infused with the DNA of the Iriomote cat, ryou and Keiichirou explain that this allows her to transform into Mew Ichigo, a powerful heroic cat girl. She is ordered to defeat Chimera Animas—alien parasites which infect animals, ryou and Keiichirou instruct Ichigo to find the four other girls from the exhibit—the remaining Mew Mews

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Dragon Drive
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Dragon Drive is a Japanese manga by Kenichi Sakura, was published by Shueisha and serialized in the manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump. Publication ended on January 5,2006, with a total of 14 volumes, viz Media, leading publisher in Weekly Shōnen Jump and Shōnen Sunday, acquired the rights to distribute the Dragon Drive manga in North America. Dragon Drive follows lazy junior high school student Reiji Ozora who routinely gives up on everything he starts and is terrible at his school work. Tired of seeing him give up at everything and continue to perform so poorly at school and it is a fighting game in which players and their dragon partners face off within a virtual reality city. Reijis general lazy personality and lackluster school performances lead him to gain a seemingly equally lazy small dragon whom he calls Chibi. An anime adaptation directed by Toshifumi Kawase began airing on TV Tokyo on July 4,2002, running a total of 38 episodes, in 2004, the anime series was released by Bandai Entertainment in North America. The franchise also spawned several games, Dragon Drive, Tactics Break for PlayStation, Dragon Drive, World D Break for Game Boy Advance. After meeting Chibi, a seemingly meek dragon, Reiji wants to make himself, to obtain this strength, both are taken to a secret training room in the D-Zone, the same room Maiko and Daisuke snuck in earlier upon seeing a strange dragon appearing in the sky. The dragon suddenly absorbs them into another Earth known as Rikyu, where they meet Meguru, RI-ON conspires the children to be used as their soldiers. Should they succeed, both Rikyu and Earth will be destroyed and this is where Chibi, who is actually the legendary dragon Senkoukura, the savior of Rikyu, and Reiji become important to both worlds. In order to both worlds, Reiji and Chibi must enter the Dragonic Heaven tournament, where RI-ON has already sent for an agent to enter. In the end, he doesnt truly chose either side but instead resolves to fight in order to learn the truth about RI-ON, Rikyu, several years later progress and Maikos little brother, Takumi, receives severe warnings to never play Dragon Drive. One day while hiding from a storm, he obtains his first set of cards from a old man he meets. After a dream one night, Takumi discovers his dragon is one in ninety-nine special dragon cards, all of which are called Raikoo, that were given to certain players of the game called Raikoo masters. Soon a group going by the name of RI-IN enters the scene, left behind in this rapidly changing world, Takumi, Raikoo, and their new friends must rally the remaining Raikoo masters together in hopes of restoring Earth and bringing the people back. In order to save the world, Rikyu and Earth join to become one, twenty-seven years later, the game resurfaces to a new audience while Reiji, Takumi, and their friends live out fruitful lives. Near the end of series serialization in Japan, Sakura had created a story outside of the Dragon Drive canon. Consisting mainly of vegetables, the cast also featured a dragon, a humanoid rabbit

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Pita Ten
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Pita-Ten is a Japanese manga by Koge-Donbo. It was serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao. between the October 1999 and August 2003 issues and was collected into eight tankōbon volumes. The eight volumes were localized for North America by Tokyopop, Madman Entertainment used Tokyopops translations for distribution in Australasia, the plot follows Kotarou Higuchi who becomes acquainted with the angel Misha, and the demon Shia. Pita-Ten has spun off an anthology manga, art books, a novel series, and an anime. Tokyopops volumes of Pita-Ten ranked on ICv2s monthly top one-hundred selling graphic novels, English reviewers praised the plot and artwork, generally describing the series as cute. Kotarou Higuchi is befriended by his neighbor Misha, an angel-in-training and he is later acquainted with Shia, a demon, who is urged by her forgotten memories to search for something. Kotarou continues his life until Shia absorbs his life energy. Kotarou investigates and discovers Shia is his great-grandmother who is searching for his dying great-grandfather, after the revelation, Shia regains her memories and mourns Taros death before she also dies. Afterwards, Kotarou learns that Mishas test involves helping Kotarou find happiness, regardless of the result, the two will separate when the tests deadline is reached. Realizing Heavens true intent, Kotarou asks Misha to rid him of his ability to see angels as he has to search for himself, Misha passes the test. The series ends with the two returning to their separate lives, Kotarou Higuchi Kotarou is a sixth grade elementary school student at Misaki Seiei Private Academy. At a very young age he lost his mother after she saved him from a speeding truck, because of this and his fathers work, Kotarou is alone most of the time resulting in his stoic and independent personality. Kotarou is able to see angels, demons, and spirits because he is a descendant of Shia and he later discovers he is the reincarnation of Kotaroh Higuchi, his grand-uncle and Shias son. Kotarohs family were labeled as demons by the villager, since Misha was Kotarohs emotional support, he committed suicide when Misha was forced to return to heaven. Kotarou was initially in love with Shia which strains his friendship with Takashi, eventually, his feelings shift towards Misha and is reinforced when Shia is revealed to be his great-grandmother. In the anime adaptation, Kotarous relation to Kotaroh and Shia was removed, Misha Misha is an angel who was friends with Kotaroh. After Kotarohs suicide, Heaven imprisons Misha and strips her of her status because she was a cause of his death. In the present, Heaven frees Misha and gives her a chance to redeem herself by having Kotarou as her test, in the anime, Kotarou is not related to Mishas test and are neighbors by coincidence, she was voiced by Yukari Tamura

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Ashita no Nadja
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Ashita no Nadja, is a romance anime with 50 episodes of 24 minutes installments, produced by Toei Animation and aired between February 2,2003 and January 25,2004. The opening theme is Nadja. by Minako Honda, and the theme is Que Sera, Sera by Ami Koshimizu. The series is available on DVD containing two to three episodes each, in 2009, William Winckler Productions produced two all-new English-dubbed movie versions edited from the original series. Producer William Winckler, known for Tekkaman the Space Knight, wrote, produced and directed the English films, which are seen on broadband in Japan. A manga version, written by Izumi Todo and drawn by Yui Ayumi, was serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine Nakayoshi from March 2003 to February 2004, Nadja is an orphan who lives at the Applefield Orphanage, in early 20th-century England. Nadja is called by Miss Appleton, the owner, to receive a package delivered to her. The gifts sent for her thirteenth birthday are a dress and a diary and she is told in the accompanying letter that her mother is still alive. She later joins a street performance act called the Dandelion Troupe in search of her mother after a fire breaks out in her orphanage. She travels the world, finding many friends along the way that teach her things about herself, ultimately having to learn the truth about her parentage, while traveling other than meeting new friends she gets in love too with two twins she once thought was only one boy. The boys were called Francis Harcourt and Keith Harcourt, the Evening of the Mysterious Thief Black Rose Samurai Kennosukes Wild Ride. The Music Box with 2 Memories A Narrow Escape, a Confession Of Love In Paris Treasure Hunting Is Romantic. Francis In the Morning Light A Lie at the Alpine Flower Festival A Family In a Storm I Dont Understand, the Game of Love That Adults Play Love and Ambition in Milan Venice, The Tearful Mama Mia A Foggy Night - The Black Roses Truth Full of Danger. A Date in Rome Mother and Daughter Who Keep Passing Each Other - The 2 Birthdays Help Me, the Memory of Fire Great Terror. The Ghost Ship of the Mediterranean Ole, the Solar Matador and Flamenco The Return of the Beautiful Betrayer The Other Side of Francis The High-Flying Kennosuke. The Dangerous Princess A Wonderful Life, the Black Roses Life on the Line The Light and the Shadow. The Plan to Get the Brooch Back The Scheme Behind Rosemarys Smile Dont Steal Her and my Mother The Morning of Decision. The Real Journey The Joy and Pain of Ones Travels A Lonely Persons Home The Pianos Connecting Lullaby Which One Do I Like,3 Peoples Figures - The Unsteady Awakening of Love The 2 Nadjas, Confrontation. The End of the Black Rose Dont Give Up, the Power of Truth A New Door of Fate Noblesse oblige, the motto of Francis Harcourt

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Gunparade March
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Gunparade March is a Japanese video game that was later turned into a 3-volume manga and a 12-episode anime. The video game, Kōkidō Gensō Gunparade March, was released on 28 September 2000 and it was developed by Alfa System and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Due to its creativity and attention to detail, it won the prestigious Seiun Award in 2001, the manga by Hiroyuki Sanadura was serialized in the magazine Dengeki Daioh. The three volumes published by MediaWorks between 2001 and 2003 were translated by ADV Manga between 2004 and 2005, the anime, Gunparade March, The New March, which was produced by J. C. Staff was broadcast on MBS from 6 February 2003 to 23 April 2003. It is licensed for distribution in the United States by Media Blasters as simply Gunparade March, in 1945, World War II was abruptly ended when an alien race appeared on Earth and began to slaughter the human population. This alien force, known as the Phantom Beasts had effectively taken over more than half of the Earth, the year is 1999 –54 years later, mankind is still fighting to survive against the alien forces. Earth forces now use advanced mecha called Humanoid Walking Tanks to combat the invaders, to ensure the future of the human race, the Japanese government enforced a student draft which recruited high school students to become HWT pilots. Atsushi Hayami Voiced by, Akira Ishida, Larry Law Atsushi is the protagonists of the story. Hayami is probably one of the most shy and naive characters in Gunparade March and his personality renders him to be dubbed a goof among his colleagues and become somewhat an interest for several of the female characters. When he meets Mai, he develops an interest for her, however, his timidity prevents him from admitting his true feelings and publicly, he considers her as a good partner on the job. As an HWT pilot, his attributes are quite balanced and this caused him to be teamed with Mai for piloting the two-seater Tandem HWT, however, Hayami tends to be nervous during battles and has the habit of messing up. He also seems to be aware of the concept that the Genjyu feed upon Humans fear. This is shown when he elaborates a fairy tale aloud while carrying Mai to an area when they were stranded in a forest full of Genjyu. Later on, the whole platoon tried to pair Mai and Hayami up by setting false tasks and it initially appeared to be successful until Hayamis naive personality ended the operation in failure. During the New Years Eve of 2001, Hayami admitted love to Mai, Mai Shibamura Voiced by, Akemi Okamura, Deborah Sale Butler Mai is the main heroine of the story and an HWT pilot. Mai was a pilot to the 5121st Platoon. She initially separated herself from everyone in the division but formed a friendship with Nonomi and eventually and she first saves Mibuya and Hayami when they were in the effective range of the PBE. Afterwards, she gained the gratitude of Hayami and a rivalry with Mibuya

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Maburaho
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Maburaho is a romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eeji Komatsu and serialized in Gekkan Dragon Magazine. The light novel was adapted into an illustrated by Miki Miyashita and later developed into a 24 episode anime series produced by J. C. Staff. The series is about the story of Kazuki Shikimori, a second student of the prestigious magic school. His life changes when it is revealed that Kazuki is descended from a line of world-famous magicians, suddenly three girls, Yuna Miyama, Kuriko Kazetsubaki and Rin Kamishiro, enter Kazukis life in order to obtain his valuable genes. Vision acquired the English language distribution rights of the series in March 2004. Later the same year, ADV acquired the English language rights to the manga, Maburaho is set in a world where every character has the ability to use magic, however everyones magic is not equal. Each person in the story has a different degree of magic, the average person is able to use magic fewer than a hundred times, however some people are able to use magic several thousand times. Because of this, a social standing is determined by the number of times that he or she can perform magic. If someone uses up all of their magic, his or her body turns to ash and is scattered into the winds, the series first introduces us to Kazuki Shikimori, a second year student from an elite magic school, Aoi Academy. However, unlike his classmates, Kazuki can only use his magic eight times before he turns to dust, as a result, he is at the bottom of the schools social pecking order. However things change one day when Yuna Miyama shows up in his dorm room, moments later, Kuriko Kazetsubaki and Rin Kamishiro appear at Kazukis dorm, the former in order to obtain his genes and the latter to kill him to escape her obligation to marry him. Kazuki learns that he is a descendant of most of the worlds greatest magicians from both the eastern and western worlds, even though he has a feeble spell count, his offspring has the potential of becoming a powerful magician. Despite his weak spell count, each spell he performs is treated as an epic event, Kazukis magic is referred to as the most powerful magic in the world able to achieve miracles. Due to Kazukis kindness, his spell count begins to drop as he uses his magic on behalf of each girl, First by making it snow in the middle of summer to cheer up Yuna. Second by pulling Yuna out of a vortex that also merges the boys, Kazuki uses his magic again to destroy two Behemoths in order to save Kuriko, who was unable to defeat them. And then, Kazuki reverses time to save Rins homemade box lunch and he also uses it to save his childhood friend Chihaya Yamase after a monster summoned by Kazukis classmates appeared at the school festival. Not long after, Yuna accidentally releases an incurable retrovirus on herself which also creates a doppelganger of her with the opposite of all her qualities, Kazuki uses his sixth spell to obliterate the clone. Finally, Kazuki uses his last two charges in order to save Yunas life from the virus, each event leaves an impression on the girls and they attempt to keep Kazuki from using any more of his magic and eventually search for ways to increase his spell count

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Koi Kaze
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Koi Kaze is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoi Yoshida. It premiered in the September 2001 issue of Evening and ran for 29 chapters until its conclusion in the October 2004 issue, the individual chapters were collected and published in five tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The series tells of the affair that develops between 27-year-old Koshiro, and his 15-year-old sister, Nanoka. The chapters were adapted as a 13-episode anime television series by A. C. G. T, directed by Takahiro Omori, the episodes premiered on TV Asahi on April 1,2004 and ran until June 17,2004. Only twelve episodes of the aired, with the remaining episode streamed online. The anime series is licensed for release in North American by Geneon Entertainment, twenty-seven-year-old Koshiro Saeki, who lives with his father, is dumped by his girlfriend of two years, who claims he was too cold and shed found someone else. While on a train the morning after, he high school student Nanoka Kohinata looking at a button. As shes later getting off the train, she drops her wallet, Koshiro finds himself watching her sudden smile as she notices the cherry blossoms are in bloom. Later, Koshiro is leaving his job at a company with a coworker when he encounters the girl again. Having two free tickets to an amusement park, he gives them to her. To his surprise she asks him to go with her, while on the Ferris wheel, the girl explains that she was crying on the train because shed been rejected by a boy shed loved for several years. Koshiro ends up telling her about his own break up, as they leave the park together having enjoyed the outing and expecting to part and never meet again, they run into their father and are shocked to discover they are siblings. Nanoka moved to Tokyo just that morning to live with them because it is closer to school, as Koshiro hadnt gone home the night before, he hadnt learned of her arrival. Since they had grown up living separately, they didnt know what the other looked like, as the series progresses, Koshiro finds himself unable to rid himself of the attraction that he felt for Nanoka when he first met her. Instead, his love and desire continues to grow, despite his attempts to fight them, entering womanhood, Nanoka also develops feelings for her brother, only increasing Koshiros struggle. However, the solution is only temporary, as Nanoka begins visiting regularly, cooking him meals, eventually, unable to resist their feelings anymore, they have sex. Unsure what to do now that they have broken a societal taboo, they visit their parents, in the end, they decide to live, and to continue their relationship. Koshiro Saeki Voiced by, Kenta Miyake, Patrick Seitz A 27-year old large man usually sporting a five oclock shadow, Koshiro works for a marriage-arranging company and he has almost completely forgotten that he had a sister until she came and moved in with them

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Zatch Bell!
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Also known as Gash Bell. and known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash. is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was published in Shogakukans Weekly Shōnen Sunday, the series follows Kiyo Takamine and his Mamodo partner Zatch Bell as they try to win the tournament of Mamodo battles in order to make Zatch the king of the Mamodo world. The manga was adapted into a 150 episode anime TV series titled Konjiki no Gash Bell. The anime was directed by Tetsuji Nakamura, Konjiki no Gash Bell premiered on Fuji TV on April 6,2003 and ran until March 23,2006. In addition to an array of licensed merchandise, the series spawned a series of video games. One hundred Mamodo go to Earth every 1,000 years to battle to be the king of the Mamodo world, each Mamodo needs a human partner in order to use his or her spell book, a book that seals the powers of the Mamodo. When read aloud, the spells are cast by the Mamodo producing many effects, if the spell book is burned, the Mamodo is forced to return to the Mamodo world, and they lose all claim to the position of the Mamodo king. While the spells in each book typically are different for each Mamodo, there are Mamodo that share spells, like Zatch Bell and his twin brother. The human and their Mamodo gain these spells through experience and hard work, the last Mamodo standing without their book burnt is the new Mamodo king. The story follows Kiyo Takamine, a 14-year-old boy in high school. His father, Seitaro Takamine, discovers a child named Zatch Bell while in a forest in England. Unlike the other Mamodo, Zatch lost his memory of the Mamodo world, Kiyo learns about the spell book when he reads a spell causing Zatch to fire lightning from his mouth. As the story progresses, Zatch and Kiyo meet other Mamodos that share similar views to them and they meet allies such as Megumi Oumi and Tia in which they specialize in defensive spells such as different types of shields. Kiyo and Zatch meet Folgore and Kanchomé who are both comic relief characters and they only have transformation spells such as Kanchomé being able to turn himself really big, Zatch met Kafk Sunbeam and Umagon earlier in England. Umagon is a Mamodo who specializes in spells that can put armor around his body. Shery Belmont and Brago who was originally Zatch and Kiyos rival in the series later becomes their allies and he has gravity type spells. As the number of Mamodos decreases, Zatch and his allies encounter a Mamodo called Zofis who takes control of several Mamodos who were sealed in stone from the battle to decide the king. With Kiyo and Zatch needing more allies, they meet Dr. Riddles and they helped teach the main allies how to unlock new spells such as Zatch unlocking the sixth spell

Tokyo
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Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan and one of its 47 prefectures. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous area in the world. It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government, Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islan

Voice acting in Japan
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Voice acting in Japan is acting as a narrator, or as an actor in radio plays, or as a character actor in anime and video games. It also involves performing voice-overs for non-Japanese movies and television programs, because Japans large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world, voice acting in Japan has a far greater pro

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Voice Animage, a Japanese magazine about voice acting.

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Voice actress Maria Yamamoto in 2005

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Fumiko Orikasa, an example of a voice actress with a background as a theatre actress.

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Kana Hanazawa, a notable Japanese voice actress in anime.

One Piece
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One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueishas Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 19,1997, One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his crew of pirates, named the

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Sixty-first volume of One Piece, released in Japan by Shueisha on February 4, 2011

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Life-size reproductions of the main characters' two pirate ships, the Going Merry and the Thousand Sunny.

Nami (One Piece)
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Nami is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. She is based on Ann and Silk, two characters from Odas previous manga Romance Dawn and she is introduced as a thief and pickpocket who possesses cartographical, meteorological and navigational skills. At first, she is a subordinate of the fishman Arlong and she is the

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Nami

Lovely Complex
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Love Com, also known as Lovely Complex, is a romantic comedy shōjo manga by Aya Nakahara. It was published by Shueisha in Bessatsu Margaret from 2001 to 2006, the series is about the romance between a tall girl and a short boy who are treated as a comedy duo by their classmates. In 2004, it received the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo, the st

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Cover of the Japanese edition of volume 7 with Risa (left) and Ōtani (right)

NHK
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NHK is Japans national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has identified itself to audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two television services, two satellite television services, and three radio networks. NHK also provi

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NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo

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NHK Broadcasting Museum

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NHK Osaka

Minna no Uta
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Minna no Uta, literally Everyones Songs, is a five-minute NHK TV and radio program which is broadcast several times daily. The program started on April 3,1961 and it is one of NHKs long-running programs. The program is used as filler between programs. While many of the episodes are aimed at children, a large percentage are not, the program is used

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Minna no Uta logo from before 1995. The logo has never changed since it started broadcast.

Porco Rosso
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Porco Rosso is a 1992 Japanese animated comedy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is based on Hikōtei Jidai, a three-part watercolor manga by Miyazaki, the film stars the voices of Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura and Akio Ōtsuka. Toshio Suzuki produced the film for Studio Ghibli, the plot revolves around an Ita

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Japanese release poster

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Fio and Porco

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Porco Rosso

Calimero
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Calimero is an Italian/Japanese animated cartoon about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized chicken, the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head, Calimero originally appeared on the Italian television show Carosello on July 14,1962, and soon became a popular icon in Italy. The characters

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Calimero poster showing two of the main characters.

Hime-chan's Ribbon
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Hime-chans Ribbon is a magical girl manga series created by Megumi Mizusawa that was serialized in Ribon Magazine from August 1990 to January 1994. It was later developed into a 61 episode anime series, produced by Studio Gallop, hajime Watanabes first project as a character designer was with Hime-chan no Ribbon. The manga series was collected into

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Himeko and Pokota

Mahoujin Guru Guru
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Magical Circle Guru Guru is a manga by Hiroyuki Etō, which was serialized in Enixs Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1992 to 2003. It was later adapted into a series on October 13,1994. Mahōjin Guru Guru is a series aimed at older children, it contains occasional toilet gags. It also is a parody of early role-playing video games, particularly turn-based g

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Kukuri with her Meke Meke robe and her old staff

Ninku
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Ninku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Kiriyama. The original manga spanned nine volumes and was serialized in Shueishas Weekly Shōnen Jump manga magazine between 1993 and 1995. A second manga titled Ninku 2nd Stage, Stories of Etonins ran from 2005 to 2011 in the seinen magazine Ultra Jump. Shortly after its release, Nink

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Cover of the first manga volume

Akachan to Boku
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Baby & Me is a shōjo manga by Marimo Ragawa. It was originally published in Japan by Hakusensha, and was published in English by Viz Media and it received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1995. The series was adapted as a television series in 1996. All episodes were dubbed in Arabic. Baby & Me describes the lifestyle of an elementary sc

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Cover of Japanese volume 1

Kodomo no Omocha
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Kodomo no Omocha, also known as Kodocha for short, is a manga series by Miho Obana. The series was adapted as an OVA by J. C, staff and released on December 16,1995 by Shueisha under their Ribon Video label. An anime television series was created by Studio Gallop and NAS, in 2002, the manga was published in North America in English by Tokyopop as K

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Cover of the first manga volume

You're Under Arrest (manga)
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Youre Under Arrest is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima and was serialized in Kodanshas Afternoon magazine from 1986 through 1992. It centers on a police station in Sumida, Tokyo as its officers tackle everyday criminals while keeping people safe. It mixes both drama and action with some comedy and humor, th

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Clamp School
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CLAMP Campus Detectives is a manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Pierrot. Tokyopop have released the manga in English across North America in three volumes, now its currently available on Kindle through Viz Media. Bandai Entertainment released the anime as one of their initia

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Cover of Clamp School Detectives volume 1 as published by Kadokawa Shoten

Battle Athletes Victory
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Although the alien race is far superior to the humans, the human champion prevailed, marking an era of peace for humanity. A University Satellite is created where the greatest athletes of the age train with women competing for the title of Cosmic Beauty, Akari Kanzaki, daughter of a former Cosmic Beauty, arrives at the University Satellite excited

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Region 1 DVD Cover of Vol. 1 released by Pioneer

The Adventures of Mini-Goddess
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My Goddess. in some releases, is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. The chapters have been adapted into an original animation produced by Anime International Company. Additionally, AIC has developed two OVAs and a film, and OLM, Inc. has also developed a series as well. Companies have developed thousands of

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Cover of the first tankōbon volume

WeiB Kreuz
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Weiß Kreuz is a series about four assassins that work in a flower shop called Kitty in the House, a reference to their feline codenames. The assassins are members of a group called Weiß, which is run by Persia of the mysterious Kritiker organization, the Weiß Kreuz franchise includes two seasons of anime and one OVA series, a light novel, two manga

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Cover of the first DVD of Knight Hunters: Weiß Kreuz

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The cover of Weiß: "Forever White", which first appeared in the July 1997 issue of Animage.

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The third DVD of the German release of Weiß Kreuz Glühen. The character designs were changed from the original Weiß Kreuz series due to copyright issues.

Vampire Princess Miyu
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Vampire Princess Miyu is a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA licensed by AnimEigo in 1988, before turning 15 years old, she yearns to return to the darkness herself but not until she has banished all the Shi

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Japanese cover of the first volume of Shin Vampire Miyu featuring Miyu.

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Miyu and Larva, the two main characters, as depicted in the manga.

Prince Mackaroo
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Ojarumaru is a Japanese Yonkoma manga series created by Rin Inumaru, serialized in Shogakukans Shojo magazine Ciao from 1993 until its cancellation in 2006. A manga adaptation of the anime was published by Shueisha and serialized in Saikyo Jump in 2012 and it was adapted as an ongoing anime series produced by NHK Enterprises, animated by Gallop, an

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Cover of the 2010 Ojarumaru calendar

Master Keaton
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Master Keaton is a Japanese manga series created by Hokusei Katsushika, Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki. It was serialized in Big Comic Original between 1988 and 1994, with the 144 chapters collected into 18 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan, an anime adaptation was created by Madhouse, with 24 episodes airing between 1998 and 1999 in Japan on Nipp

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Cover of an English DVD release.

Now and Then, Here and There
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Now and Then, Here and There is a thirteen episode anime series directed by Akitaro Daichi and written by Hideyuki Kurata. The story was conceived by director Daichi. It premiered in Japan on the WOWOW television station on October 14,1999 and it was licensed for Region 1 DVD English language release by Central Park Media under their US Manga Corps

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Promotional image for Now and Then, Here and There depicting Shu and Lala-Ru

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo
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They are written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō. The Kindaichi series, which started serialization in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1992, is one of the earliest works in the mystery manga genre, in 1995, the manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen. The serialization of the new Kindaichi series started in 2004,

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Cover of Kindaichi Case Files volume 1 as published by Kodansha

Steel Angel Kurumi
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Steel Angel Kurumi is a Japanese manga and anime series following the adventures of its titular character created by Kaishaku. In 2008 Crunchyroll announced it had partnered with Pony Canyon to release all Steel Angel Kurumi series for streaming, a live-action version was made, titled Steel Angel Kurumi Pure, but has a different continuity to the a

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Volume 1 (English version)

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
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Great Teacher Onizuka, officially abbreviated as GTO, is a Japanese shōnen manga written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from May 1997 to April 2002, the story focuses on 22-year-old ex-bōsōzoku member Eikichi Onizuka, who becomes a teacher at a private middle school, Holy Forest Academy, in

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The first volume of Great Teacher Onizuka, published by Tokyopop, featuring Eikichi Onizuka.

Zoids
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Zoids is a science fiction media franchise created by Tomy that feature giant robots called Zoids. A Zoid is essentially a mechanical animal, with designs being based on animals such as Tigers, Lions. The franchise started with a toy line and includes four main anime TV series as well as several video games. There have been a number of different Zo

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Zoids franchise logo (1999–present)

Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran
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Carried by the Wind, Tsukikage Ran is an animated action comedy written and directed by Akitaro Daichi, and produced by Madhouse Studios. The television series follows Ran and Meow, two wanderers who face all sorts of antagonists in Tokugawa Japan, the series started airing on WOWOW. Afterwards, it aired as Ran, The Samurai Girl on Animax Latin Ame

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DVD Cover of Bandai's Vol. 4

Sakura Wars
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Sakura Wars is a Japanese media franchise created by Ouji Hiroi, and is developed and licensed by Red Entertainment and Sega. The series began in 1996 as an video game, the game was a success. The video game series has branched into other genres and platforms. The original storyline, said to be inspired by the Shochiku Revue and Takarazuka Revue an

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Cover art of the first game depicting the character Sakura Shinguji

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The Analog Live Interactive Picture System (LIPS) at work as Ichiro plays music for Iris at the Imperial Theater in Sakura Taisen ~Atsuki Chishio ni~.

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Glycine in her Koubu-F prepares to attack a couple of Blanche robots. This shows off the ARMS combat system, which was first implemented in Sakura Wars 3.

Daa! Daa! Daa!
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UFO Baby is a shōjo comedy manga by Mika Kawamura, serialized by Kodansha in Nakayoshi from February 1998 to March 2002 and collected in nine bound volumes. The series was one of the anime series during its initial broadcast. UFO Baby is about two high school students, Miyu and Kanata, who find an abandoned alien baby without anyone discovering the

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Cover of the first volume of the manga, published by Kodansha

Hajime no Ippo
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Hajime no Ippo is a Japanese boxing manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since 1989 and it follows the story of high school student Makunouchi Ippo, as he begins his career in boxing and over time obtains many titles and defeats various opponents. A 76-episode anime ad

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Cover of Hajime no Ippo volume 1 as published by Kodansha

Ojamajo Doremi
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Ojamajo Doremi, also known as Magical DoReMi in some countries, is a Japanese magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation. It focuses on a group of school girls, led by Doremi Harukaze. An English language version of the first season, produced by 4Kids Entertainment, the franchise has also spawned two companion films, various man

Fruits Basket
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Fruits Basket, sometimes abbreviated Furuba, or Fruba, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese magazine Hana to Yume, published by Hakusensha, the series was also adapted into a 26-episode anime series, directed by Akitaro Daichi. In the anime it is possible to trans

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Cover of the English release of Fruits Basket volume 1 (Tohru Honda)

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi is a Japanese anime television series created by Gainax. The supernatural comedy drama is directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga, the series premiered April 4,2002 on Kids Station. It was licensed in North America by ADV Films, a manga adaptation, authored by Satoru Akahori, was published in English by Tokyopop, the Tokyopop

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North American DVD cover of the first volume of Magical☆Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

Tokyo Mew Mew
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Tokyo Mew Mew is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from September 2000 to February 2003 and it focuses on five girls infused with the DNA of endangered animals which gives them special powers and allows them to transform into Mew Mews. Led by Ichigo Momomiy

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The first volume of Tokyo Mew Mew published in Japan by Kodansha on February 6, 2001 featuring Ichigo Momomiya in her Mew Mew form.

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The cover of the second Tokyo Mew Mew video game that was released in Japan on December 5, 2002. It has the original Mew Mews standing behind new character, Mew Ringo, who was designed by Mia Ikumi specifically for the game.

Dragon Drive
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Dragon Drive is a Japanese manga by Kenichi Sakura, was published by Shueisha and serialized in the manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump. Publication ended on January 5,2006, with a total of 14 volumes, viz Media, leading publisher in Weekly Shōnen Jump and Shōnen Sunday, acquired the rights to distribute the Dragon Drive manga in North America. Drag

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The March 2001 issue of Monthly Shōnen Jump, featuring the first chapter.

Pita Ten
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Pita-Ten is a Japanese manga by Koge-Donbo. It was serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao. between the October 1999 and August 2003 issues and was collected into eight tankōbon volumes. The eight volumes were localized for North America by Tokyopop, Madman Entertainment used Tokyopops translations for distribution in Australasia, the plot follows Kotarou

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Cover of Pita-Ten volume 3 by Tokyopop. The character on the cover is the protagonist Kotarou Higuchi.

Ashita no Nadja
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Ashita no Nadja, is a romance anime with 50 episodes of 24 minutes installments, produced by Toei Animation and aired between February 2,2003 and January 25,2004. The opening theme is Nadja. by Minako Honda, and the theme is Que Sera, Sera by Ami Koshimizu. The series is available on DVD containing two to three episodes each, in 2009, William Winck

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Japanese manga cover of Ashita no Nadja volume 1

Gunparade March
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Gunparade March is a Japanese video game that was later turned into a 3-volume manga and a 12-episode anime. The video game, Kōkidō Gensō Gunparade March, was released on 28 September 2000 and it was developed by Alfa System and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Due to its creativity and attention to detail, it won the prestigious Seiun Awa

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Cover of the Playstation video game

Maburaho
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Maburaho is a romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eeji Komatsu and serialized in Gekkan Dragon Magazine. The light novel was adapted into an illustrated by Miki Miyashita and later developed into a 24 episode anime series produced by J. C. Staff. The series is about the story of Kazuki Shikimori, a

Koi Kaze
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Koi Kaze is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoi Yoshida. It premiered in the September 2001 issue of Evening and ran for 29 chapters until its conclusion in the October 2004 issue, the individual chapters were collected and published in five tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The series tells of the affair that develops between 27-y

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First tankōbon volume, released by Kodansha released in Japan on March 22, 2002

Zatch Bell!
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Also known as Gash Bell. and known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash. is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was published in Shogakukans Weekly Shōnen Sunday, the series follows Kiyo Takamine and his Mamodo partner Zatch Bell as they try to win the tournament of Mamodo battles in order to make Zatch the king of the Mamodo w

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The first Tankōbon of Konjiki no Gash!! released by Shogakukan in Japan on May 2001

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Main cast as they appear in the third season of the anime: from left to right, Aika, Akari, and Alice

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Supporting cast as they appear in the anime: from left to right, in front President Aria, Mr. Postman, President Hime, Ai, Alicia, and Al; in back "Grandma" Akino, Akira, Athena, Akatsuki, and Woody